These days, it seems like half of the people in Hollywood are super-ostentatious hipster vegan environmentalists. Gwyneth Paltrow was ahead of the curve in that respect, and she managed to get on everybody's last nerve by talking about it as often as possible. She's also into new-age holistic therapy practices like transcendental meditation and cupping, and even managed to be pretentious about announcing that she was filing for divorce from her first husband Chris Martin, describing the process as 'conscious uncoupling.'
It's the high degree of pretentiousness that puts people off Paltrow, but that's a little unkind. She's not actually doing anybody any harm (other than perhaps herself with the cupping!), and her seemingly unusual beliefs go hand in hand with plenty of charity work and philanthropy. Paltrow is an ambassador for the charity 'Save the Children', as well as sitting on the board of the 'Robin Hood Foundation,' which combats poverty in New York.
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.