Kim fought the law, and for once the law didn't win. She got her way, and on her 16th birthday, she announced that everything was complete. It didn't change anything for how she saw herself, but just confirmed a truth she knew all along. "I was asked if I feel like a woman now - but the truth is I have always felt like a woman - I just ended up in the wrong body."
Well, Kim has taken this new body to dizzying heights since launching her career. Starting in 2008, the pop singer has been belting out hit after hit, with her last one - "I Don't Want It All", released in August of this year - hitting number one of the Spotify Global Viral 50 chart. She hasn't dropped an album yet, but as Deborah Conway once sung, it's only the beginning.
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.