Who could forget how famous Christina Ricci was as a child actor? After exploding onto the scene when she was ten years old as Cher's daughter in the film, Mermaids, Ricci continued to score massive roles in Hollywood. She gained real fame as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values and went on to achieve more success in Now and Then and Casper as a 15-year-old.
As an adult she has a whole bunch of films listed on her resume, including The Opposite of Sex, Sleepy Hollow, Monster, Black Snake Moan, After Life, and many more. We have to say, though, it's still very hard imagining her as anything other than the very serious Wednesday Addams! In recent times, Ricci as turned to television, starring in The Lizzie Borden Chronicles and Z: The Beginning of Everything.
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.