Fashion, acting, and music icon Jennifer Lopez has been widely mocked for her song 'Jenny from The Block,' in which she professed to be a regular child from a rough neighborhood when she was growing up. We don't want to call J-Lo a liar, but this picture doesn't exactly scream 'rough childhood' to us. That combination of hairstyle and jewelry is enough for her to pass as a younger member of the British royal family.
Lopez did turn out to be royalty in the celebrity world, and has shown that she can achieve success at anything she turns her hand to. People haven't always loved her movies, but they've still paid to go and see them. She had to start out as a backing dancer for Janet Jackson to get her break - but dare we say that she went on to become even more successful than Jackson was? Well, we've said it now - and so we're sticking to 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.