Paris Jackson has one of the strangest conception stories that still confuse the masses to this very day. It's known for a fact that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, is her father and his only daughter but her godfather in Mark Lester has claimed in the past that he is her biological father in the past. Regardless, she's grown up pretty sheltered and a mystery to the general public up until recently.
Unfortunately, after the passing of her father in 2009, Paris had trouble finding her own identity in the world and struggled while growing up. So much that in 2013, Paris attempted to commit suicide by taking a large number of pills and cutting herself with a knife. She was rushed to a local medical facility where she remained on suicide watch. Last year, Paris revealed that she attempted suicide multiple times in the past but, no longer feels the urge to self-harm.
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.