There are quarterbacks, and then there's Tom Brady. If you're a certain age, you probably pretended to be Tom Brady when you were running around with a football in your back yard. In fact, Brady was so successful in the NFL that kids are probably still doing that now. With four MVP awards from the Super Bowl and a record number of divisional titles, Brady is like a superhero that's come to life and decided to play sports.
The superhero comparisons don't end with his performances on the field, though. It hasn't escaped our attention that Brady could have been cast to play He-Man in a movie about the popular animated hero and children's toy. There was a movie years ago, in which Dolph Lundgren played the part, but if they were going to do it all again, we think Brady would make the ideal Prince of Eternia. He's even got the same hairstyle - which should be impossible for a human being!
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.