The stunning Winona Ryder is one of those actresses that seems to defy time with her ageless looks over the years. Born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971, she barely looks like her mid-40s self. If you were to put a recent picture side by side with this picture, it would be very hard to tell just how many years have passed since this early headshot of her was snapped!
Children of the 80s and 90s will recognize Ryder from her roles in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" (1988) and "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) where she starred alongside Johnny Depp. While her much-publicized 2001 arrest for shoplifting at a Saks Fifth Avenue store in Beverly Hills is the subject of much tabloid fanfare, it's good to see that her time away from the spotlight in the early-2000s has done her good and that she's kept out of trouble over the last decade.
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.