Getting yourself into shape is one thing, and it usually takes a lot of work. Keeping that weight off is a totally different process, and it means a lifestyle of constant attention to what you're putting into your body, and what you're doing to burn off excess energy and calories. This gentleman has managed to shed all the weight he was carrying in his 20s - and he's kept it off for a full twenty years. Would you believe that he's over 40 in the picture on the right?
When he was much younger he'd always played sports, but a late diagnosis of asthma killed off his dreams of becoming a professional sportsman, and so he lapsed into depression, preferring to stay at home with junk food than carry on with the limited exercise he was able to do. The change came when he found that he grew out of his asthma, and he was able to run again. Since then, he's never 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.