Jennifer Nicole Lee is a fitness model, motivational speaker and author who is known for losing 70lb and launching a career in fitness after bearing two children. Lee struggled with her weight for a big portion of her life, at one point reaching 200lb. Despite that, she decided to bring about changes in her life by taking up exercise and eating healthy food. Lee never gave up on her resolution, that is why she went on to achieve great results.
She reached her goal and was crowned "Miss Bikini America" in 1996. Afterward, she launched a career as a "fitness guru". Lee had a successful career, she published several books and appeared on many famous shows: "Oprah", "Fox and Friends," "The Early Show," "Inside Edition" and others. She also made appearances on movies and appeared on 44 magazine covers.
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.