Valentina Shevchenko is originally from Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic, but she is currently registered as fighting out of the city of Lima, Peru. She is 30-years old, and she was born on 7 March 1988. She is 5'5" tall (which is about 165 cm) and she weighs 125 pounds, which is 56.7 kg in the metric system. Her fighting class is flyweight, and she is a part of the Tiger Muay Thai fighting association.
She is one of the more successful fighters to be listed in today's list, having won 15 out of her 18 registered fights according to the Sherdog MMA tracking website. She has won 27% of all of her fights with a knockout, which must have been entertaining to watch for her fans. She has also lost a single time from a knockout. Her last fight was against Priscila Cachoeira, which happened relatively recently, on February 3, 2018. According to the frequency of her fights, we can expect her to fight against during the next 12 months.
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.