Supermodel Naomi Campbell made her millions by looking good, and where can a person look better than when enjoying the sunshine on their own tropical island? For Campbell, that's Isla Playa de Cleopatra, which is in the Gulf of Gokova near Turkey. The island is probably the most staggering birthday present anyone's ever been bought. Her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin bought it for her on her 41st birthday, along with a house in the shape of the Egyptian Eye of Horus that was purpose built for her. The house came with enough supplies to allow someone to survive alone there for three years.
Despite the love gift, Campbell and Doronin split up in 2013. It would seem that star-crossed lovers never do well on this piece of land; it takes its name from a legend that Mark Antony once brought Cleopatra here, but she refused to set foot on it until he had Egyptian sand shipped over so she could walk on it.
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.