If there's one woman who might rival Janice Dickinson in impact on the lady-loving 80s and 90s, it would have to be Christie Brinkley. Where Janice Dickinson strutted her fancy collections on the runway, though, Christie simply seared her way through several Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions with a smoking hot body. Janice brought style to the public, while Christie brought the sex.
That's not to say that all she was was a perfect body in a one-piece. Christie Brinkley was also the face of cosmetics brand CoverGIrl for a record 25 years, and appeared in plenty of high fashion magazines too - over 500 in a career that covered over 30 years. Not bad for a woman who said of herself, "I was basically a surfer girl from California."
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.