Lil Bow Wow may not have been able to maintain the levels of his childhood fame, but he at least still gets to go on stage and play shows, and has something of a following. We wish we could say the same of Drake Bell, but we can't. You might not recognize Bell without his partner or his youthful features, but this is the man who was once one half of the popular television combination 'Drake and Josh.'
Many young stars, for reasons we can never understand, get delusions that they can make it as music stars when they've had a little television fame. Bell was one of them, and decided to pursue music full-time when his hit show ended. 'Drake without Josh' didn't have the same appeal to it, and his music didn't capture the audience he was looking for. The big house he bought for himself in 2007 was repossessed in 2014.
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.