Country music singer turned pop sensation Taylor Swift is undeniably one of the biggest stars in the entertainment world. She's also a poster girl for what the press like to refer to as 'Millennials,' and she's displaying the full Millennial attitude here. She's mixing pure and white prom night chic with a 'West Side' hand gesture that let us all know she's still cool and street. That's precisely the same kind of image she portrays as a pop star. She was getting her practice in early.
Wearing matching outfits to go to prom is always a bit of a risk, and if we were hypercritical we would question whether her date really needed to include that baseball cap, but then this photo isn't about him. As with the music industry in the 21st century, it's all about Swift, and she's the absolute star of the show here. Exactly as she ought to be!
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.