Everybody has that one former college friend who has done better than everybody else, and you're always secretly jealous of them. Imagine how it felt going to school or college with Brooke Shields. She was already famous by the time she was 12, having had a starring role in the movie 'Pretty Baby'. Despite that, her passion for French literature just wouldn't quit. She followed it all the way to Princeton University where she was an all-star student, and a member of both the Cap and Gown Club and the Triangle Club.
We imagine it takes a lot of work to complete a degree in French literature, but Shields somehow squeezed in time to write her autobiography, too - and it was released two years before she graduated! She also wrote her senior thesis about herself. To us, that feels like cheating.
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.