Most parents who found their child talking to their dental retainer would probably seek the assistance of a psychiatrist. Instead, when a young Anna Faris started doing it at home in Baltimore, Maryland, her parents took it as a sign that she had a creative mind and enrolled her in acting classes. It proved to be the right way of handling the situation. Before they knew it, she was writing, producing, and performing plays with the rest of the children in the neighborhood.
Considering her looks are a part of what got her cast in films like 'Scary Movie' and (obviously) 'The Hot Chick,' Faris considers herself to have been a late bloomer. She says she was a 'drama club dork' back in high school, and nobody was interested in dating her until senior year. She almost left America to accept a position in London, England, at an advertising agency, but the 'Scary Movie' role came through at the last second and changed the course of her life.
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.