There's only ever been one significant Spanish drag artist, and that was Miss Shangay Lily, born as Enrique Hinojosa Vazquez in 1963. Despite being born male, Lily considered herself to be a radical feminist, and worked tirelessly to advance female and gay causes in Spain. She created and published the first ever free gay newspaper in Spain, which went by the name of 'Shangay Express,' containing satire and comedy mixed with genuine gay community news.
Lily was the face of a major gay rights movement in Spain during the 1990s, pushing back against the traditions of the country and raising the profile of gay performers through her own multiple appearances. Appearing in a movie with Javier Bardem in 1995 legitimized both herself and her movement. She started out as the first gay personality ever to appear on Spanish television, and ended up as a one-queen revolution. Sadly, she's no longer with us to enjoy the freedoms she helped to create; she died after suffering pancreatic cancer in 2014.
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.