In some respects, a baby belonging to a celebrity couple will have the same experiences as any normal person growing up. Many readers will have fond memories of playing with Barbie dolls when they were kids. Blue Ivy Carter - daughter of Beyoncé Knowles and her rap superstar husband Jay-Z - is no exception. Playing with dolls, dressing them and miming out interactions are all part of us developing social skills as infants. She probably doesn't have any concept of how valuable her Barbie doll is, though!
The average store-bought Barbie just wouldn't do for Beyoncé, who had her daughter's one sent to an exclusive jewelry store and encrusted with the finest stones available. By the end of the modifications, there were over 150 diamonds on the doll and its outfit, and Beyoncé had spent $85,000 on the toy. Let's hope she doesn't chew it, drop it or lose it! Blue Ivy, that is, not Beyoncé.
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.