If at first you don't succeed, try again the following year. That's the message we can all take from Sasha Velour. She was rejected as a possible contestant for the eighth series of 'Drag Race.' The following year she came back, tried again, entered the competition and won. That was just the start of the fame story for Velour, who has used the platform to break into the fashion industry. She was one of the models chosen to appear for 'Opening Ceremony' at New York's Fashion Week in 2018.
In truth, Velour had been doing wonderful things for the gay scene long before 'Drag Race,' both in character and under her real name of Alexander Hedges Steinberg. Steinberg is a hugely gifted artist and illustrator who once created a series of comics based on the Stonewall riots, as well as having work exhibited in a solo gallery in Brooklyn's Black Box Gallery.
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.