Compared to California, Colorado looks quite reasonable! The cost of housing here sits somewhere around the $15,000 mark, with food prices sticking at almost exactly $8,000 per year for one person living alone. Right now, it seems food costs around the same in every state, but you'll see that figure change as we get further through our list.
Living in the Centennial State - which got its nickname thanks to achieving statehood exactly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence was signed - is all about the outdoor life, and the breathtaking scenery. If you don't like the outdoors, then you've come to the wrong state! There are plenty of wealthy residents in Colorado who help to push the average income and cost up - especially those residents who can afford to go skiing in their spare time.
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.