In contrast to Nicole Kidman, Geena Davis was never even sure that she wanted children until she reached her forties. She was very busy acting and has gone on record as saying she was unsure of herself and what she wanted from life all the way through her 20s and her 30s.
By the time she decided that actually, she really would like to be a mother after all, she was well into her forties. When her daughter was born in 2002, Davis was already 46. She didn't stop there, though; two years later at the age of 48 she gave birth to twins. At an age where most people are starting to at least consider what their retirement might look like, Davis was welcoming new life into the world! She has no regrets about waiting whatsoever, believing that she wasn't with the right person to have children with until the precise moment it happened.
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.