It seems to be the acting profession in particular that contains many of the women who have children after forty. There could be reasons for that; not many female characters on film or television are written as pregnant, and therefore becoming pregnant rules you out of a lot of parts. Add to that the fact that you don't make money when you're not working, and it's easy to see why a lot of people wait.
Mary Stuart Masterson can be added to that list of names from the acting world; she already had one child with her first husband before she was forty, but when she married fellow actor Jeremy Davidson in 2006, she went on to have no less than three children with him, with the first arriving when she was 43. A year later, at 44, she became pregnant again; this time with twins! Now in her early 50s, she has three children under 10 years old.
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.