It's hard to believe that it's been a full thirty years since Cindy Crawford exploded into our hearts. She's still so fresh-faced, so full of love and enthusiasm for her job, that she still keeps doing it. Hell, with a body like that, why stop? Sure, she technically retired from the fashion world in 2000, but tell that to the magazines she keeps appearing on the covers of. She wasn't just the most popular model of the 80s and 90s - she's still arguably the most popular model of today.
Married to Richard Gere back in the 90s, she went on to marry former model and businessman Rande Gerber in 1998, and has been in a happy relationship with him ever since. They have two children together, son Presley and daughter Kaia, both of which have entered the modelling world too. If they're anything like their mother, the world needs to watch out.
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.