These pictures tell an amazing story even if you take them at first glance. A man in his shirt and underwear has dived headlong into water to save a woman's dog, and from the look of her face you know exactly how much it means to her. It's a kind and noble act, but there are little details to this tale which make it even more special.
First off, that man and woman have never met before. She's Sue Drummond, and she was out walking on Melbourne Pier when a gust of wind took her dog and blew him out into the bay. Raden Soemawinata - a total stranger - saw what was happening, stripped his clothes off, and jumped into the freezing water to save its life. And secondly? Raden was only there on the pier that day to scatter his grandmother's ashes. A man who was in mourning risked his life to save a stranger's dog.
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.