Cassie Crisano is a US-based MMA fighter. She is currently 37 years old (her birthday is on July 27), and she was born in Prince George's County, Maryland. She weighs 145 pounds (that is 65 kg for our international readers). Her MMA fighting class is "featherweight," which means she is on the light side of things. Her MMA team association is with "Team Predator" from the US, a team which has seen plenty of success in the past few years.
Cassie is a former police officer, who is currently having some legal problems due to an alleged arson attempt. Apart from that, she is also facing another multitude of charges, including fraud and identity theft. Some of these charges are connected to the attempted arson attack, which was done in regards to the residence of her child's father in Fairfax County. It seems the former MMA star had a difficult fall from grace in the past few months.
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.