At the tender age of just 11-years-old, Beth Phoenix born, Elizabeth Kocianski participated in a coloring contest the WWF/WWE held winning her tickets to a live event. Little did she know that years later she would be walking down the same ramp with thousands of fans cheering her on. Beth Phoenix has become a stale across a multitude of different WWE platforms from an active wrestler Smackdown to NXT as a color commentator, Phoenix gets the job done. Her Glam Slam Submission is one of the most unique and inescapable and her Glam Slam finisher would leave even the toughest wrestler dazed.
In May 2001, Phoenix entered the independent circuit where she found success in multiple pro-wrestling platforms. Phoenix joined Far North Wrestling (FNW) where she was the only female on the roster and won the Cruiserweight Championship against two male opponents. In 2006, Beth made her WWE Raw debut but broke her jaw the next month forcing her to be temporarily sidelined. Since then, Phoenix has become a 3x WWE Women's Champion, 1x WWE Divas Champion, and the youngest female inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at the age of 36.
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.