Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado, better known by her in-ring moniker, Sasha Banks grew up as an avid fan of All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) and anime which explains her high-energy, high-fly style of wrestling. Banks also happens to be cousins with rappers/producerfs, Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger, both of which helped Banks develop her in-ring persona. With risky moves like the Wheelbarrell Bulldog, the Backstabber, the Frog Splash and her patented Bank's Statement, Banks is one of the premier acts in all of pro-wrestling.
Banks began her wrestling career in Woburn, Massachusetts under the Chaotic Wrestling (CW) promotion in 2010. While wrestling for CW, Banks obtained the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship. Banks also collected the IWE Women's Championship and the RWC No Limitz Championship before joining the WWE in 2012. Since joinging the WWE Banks has racked up the NXT Women's Championship (1x) and a record-tying WWE Raw Women's Championship (4x). If Banks continues to stay healthy and athletic as she is, she can be looking forward to being a WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
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.