Sometimes, a role has a habit of defining your career in ways that you don't expect it to. Jonathan Lipnicki was the star of 'Stuart Little,' and it turned out to be a case of little by name, and little by nature. He's much older now than he was when he broke out onto the big screen as a child actor, but he hasn't grown much taller. He's 5 foot 7. He's not the smallest man on our list, but he's noticeably shorter than most men around him.
Lipnicki was able to carry his child-star fame forward for a little while - he got 'Stuart Little' off the back of being Renee Zellweger's son in the classic 'Jerry Maguire' - but in recent years he's not been able to get himself on level pegging with the majority of his former co-stars. He still gets work semi-regularly, but you're more likely to see him in minor roles on television than you are in the latest Hollywood blockbuster.
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.