When celebrities aren't spending huge amounts of cash on purchases for themselves, they're trying to impress their friends with lavish and exclusive gifts. Courteney Cox may have spent $12,000 purchasing a bicycle from Chanel, but the recipient of the item was her 'Friends' co-star Jennifer Aniston.
Aniston and Cox are friends off screen as well as on it, so when Cox heard that Aniston was interested in getting into biking, Cox thought she'd help out. Instead of contacting BMX, or Giant, or any brand that had any history of manufacturing bicycles, Cox thought the most sensible thing to do would be to commission a custom-made one from Chanel. Yes, the same Chanel that makes perfume. The bike came with the Chanel logo, jeweled clips to prevent clothes from becoming caught in the chain, and a plush leather seat. It's thoughtful, but you'd be terrified of riding it through mud or rain!
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.