At modern festivals, camping areas are often divided up between families and 'night owls' - people who'd rather party without disturbing children and babies who've been brought along. There are even festivals who turn away under 16s completely because they'd rather not have children exposed to the sorts of thing that go on at such gatherings. That wasn't the case at Woodstock.
As well as two children being born, little ones came along with their families to share in the experience, and nobody thought it was odd. Adults and children danced together and sat around the same campfires, all joined together by the same sense of community spirit and shared experience. For a whole generation, it was a weekend that formed their whole identity. These were truly the children of the revolution. Everybody at the festival believed that Flower Power was a movement that had started and could never be stopped.
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.