Depending on how you feel about the family, you either go looking for every scrap of news on the Kardashians or you avoid them completely. If you fall into the latter camp, you may have missed the recent news that Kylie Jenner is now a billionaire. That means she's made more money than any of her older - and very successful in their own right - sisters. She's even richer than her parents, which is no small achievement.
Jenner has proven to be an expert at turning publicity into cash. The media went into overdrive about whether or not she'd had filler injected into her lips a few years ago. Jenner took all of that attention and focused it on her 'Kylie's Lip Kits' company, which is geared up to help young women achieve the same 'pout' look she's known for. The first run of the products sold out in less than sixty seconds, and they've been flying off the shelves ever since.
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.