24. Vanda Von Odd

24. Vanda Von Odd

Just by looking at a picture of Vanda Von Odd, you can tell she's no 'Drag Race' star. The name is something of a giveaway, too! A show as strange as 'Dragula' needed an unconventional star to get it off the ground, and Von Odd was that star. She won the first season hands down. That might be because everyone was too afraid of her to tell her that she hadn't won! Incredibly, she'd never been paid for a single drag appearance in her life before she appeared on the show. Just like with Biqtch Puddin', it changed her life.

Von Odd believes that 'Dragula' is changing what it means to be a drag queen, combining the world of drag with the world of alternative music and gothic lifestyles to create something new, and that the process will continue when the third season of the show airs later in 2019. When she's not scaring the wits out of people with her drag act, Von Odd takes on conventional acting work under her real name of Antonio Yee.

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Did You Know...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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