47. Meryl Streep

47. Meryl Streep

First off, congratulations to Meryl Streep. Based on this picture, it would appear that she and her date for the evening were voted as prom king and queen! We assume that's the case anyway, because otherwise we're not clear on why they're taking a walk through the gardens with an audience, and she's wearing a tiara. If we're right about them winning, it's the ultimate vindication of Streep's bold choice of dress.

A few of the style choices on this list were products of their era, and this is another one. It would have been the 1960s when Streep went to prom, and dresses like this one were all the rage. We shouldn't hold that against her; we imagine it was quite a common look on the night. She looks like a hippy and a flower child; perhaps she was in training for the summer of love, which was right around the corner!

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Did You Know...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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