Kirsten is, without a doubt, one of the most famous actors in the world. She seems to have been around forever, and she still looks youthful and beautiful. It's sometimes easy to forget that she was once a 1990s starlet, but she was. Most people remember her as the child star of "Interview with the Vampire", but many Trekkies will point out that she'd already appeared in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" by that point and was well on her way to the superstardom she enjoys now.
Whether it's the Spiderman series, "Mona Lisa Smile", "Melancholia" "Get Over It" or "Wimbledon", you'll have seen Kirsten in major roles throughout the years, performed with a real girl-next-door charm that makes her easy to love. Engaged to be married, and having recently had her first child, Kirsten is no longer the girl we remember from 20 years ago, but she's still at the peak of her powers.
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.