The greatest recording artist to come from Rhode Island is someone who's barely even thirty years old! We all got re-acquainted with Billy Gilman in 2016, when he finished as the runner up on the TV talent show 'The Voice,' but those of you who are a little older may remember him as a fresh-faced child, somewhere around the year 2000. That's when he had a surprise hit with the country-pop song 'One Voice,' aged only eleven.
Gilman had been marked out as a child prodigy from an early age. According to his family, he's been singing for almost as long as he's been able to talk. He moved to Nashville to hone his talent and break into the industry, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a proud Rhode Island native by birth. Having bravely come out in 2014, he's also an icon among LGBT country music fans.
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.