Wedding photography, like the ceremonies themselves, is getting more and more creative by the day. Gone are the times when it was enough to stroll down the aisle in double denim and slip a crackerjack ring on their finger. Now you have to have a dozen trumpeters, canapés made from gold-encrusted dodo meat, and a twerking bear to get your wedding even close to being memorable.
This wedding will certainly be one for the archives. The idea is sane enough - eloping with your husband on a horse - even if the photography tries way too hard. Really, did no-one realize that the shot made her look like a centaur? What happened next, though, was the best part. The horse picked up the pace, and she slid right off the back of it and crashed to the ground. Not a tragedy by any stretch of the imagination, but definitely unforgettable.
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.