We have sympathy for a lot of the people on our list - especially those who have lost money through no fault of her own. It's very difficult to have any sympathy at all for Tila Tequila. She's another star who owes reality television for her fame and reputation, at one point having a dating show on MTV where men would apply just for the chance at taking her out for a drink. When the show was over, Tequila was convinced she was going to stay in the limelight. She seemed to have forgotten that she had a number of skeletons in her closet.
In her past, Tequila had taken to Twitter to express sympathy for the views of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Naturally, that didn't go down well with television companies. It cost her a spot on the British version of 'Big Brother,' and since then she's struggled to find any work at all. She eventually turned to making adult videos in order to bring in some money, but by 2016 she was asking fans to contribute to a GoFundMe account to help her pay her rent.
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.