Jillian Michaels and Heidi Rhoades have been a couple for a long, long time. It was no surprise that they became engaged after the laws relaxed enough to allow them to do it; it was more of a shock that they didn't get around to it until 2016! To be fair to Michaels it was a major event for her, and it took her time to work out how she wanted to go about it.
The physical and mental process of working up to the proposal was covered in detail in 'Just Jillian', the E! reality show that follows the daily life of the ultra-fit personal trainer. It was an emotional affair when it finally happened, leaving both Michaels and Rhoades, a Hollywood talent manager, in tears. The proposal looked to bring a sense of completeness to their lives; they'd now be married as well as having their two children together, a son named Phoenix and a daughter named Lu.
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.