We know that roughly half of the people reading this list will have rolled their eyes at seeing this name. Ellen DeGeneres is one of those people who can split a crowd right down the middle. The public tends to either love or hate her, with very little space in between. What nobody can deny, though, is that DeGeneres has been a passionate and committed campaigner for both women's rights and gay rights for her entire time in the public eye.
DeGeneres is now in her early 60s - about the right time to consider a run for office if she's ever going to do it. She's already demonstrated that she knows how to run a campaign and persuade people to see things from her point of view; she was a major driving force behind the legalization of same-sex marriage. She's still an activist for many humanitarian and animal rights causes; how better to support those causes than by legislating from the top?
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.