Being openly lesbian is thankfully no barrier to playing professional softball. If it were, the US team would have been deprived of the services of Lauren Lappin. She was part of the team that secured a silver medal for their country at the Summer Olympics in 2008. That was the peak of a career that had seen her play for the USA National Elite team in both 2003 and 205, and also go to the 2004 Olympics as a backup.
By 2009 she was looking at winding down her career and joined the Northwestern University team on a non-contract basis to work as a coach. That seemed to spark a fire in her, as she went back into the professional leagues with the USSSA Pride in 2010 and continued playing with the Pennsylvania Rebellion before finally calling it quits for good in 2015.
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.