If you're looking for anyone on this list who emphatically enjoys doing damage to their opposition, look no further than, Taya Valkyrie. Hailing from, Victoria, Canada, Valkyrie is currently running the entire Northern American wrestling circuit leaving carnage and bodies wherever she chooses to wrestle. Taya, born Kira Renee Forster, can do it all. Her powerbombs are explosive, she can cause whiplash with a single Spear, can execute a Northern Light Suplex perfectly, and can backflip slam on demand.
Taya Valkyrie made her pro-wrestling debut in the Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW) organization in 2010. Valkyrie signed a developmental deal with the WWE in 2011, but found more success in the independent Mexican circuit, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Lucha Underground, and TNA. Valkyrie currently holds the TNA Impact Knockouts Championship and the AAA Reina de Reinas Championships and once held the DDT Pro-Wrestling Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in Japan. That's three different belts in three countries, she's good at this wrestling thing.
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.