Whenever Christina Hendricks walks into a room, people notice. She's the sort of woman and actress for whom the term 'bombshell' was invented. She's somehow never really made it as a movie actress, but she hasn't needed to. Her appearances on 'Good Girls' and 'Mad Men' have seared her onto the hearts of many viewers - especially male ones. She's an excellent role model for girls who aren't stick-thin, too - in fact, her distinctive curves remind us of a certain famous animated legend.
When Jessica Rabbit turned out to be the star of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' back in the 1980s, it caught everybody a little off guard. Rabbit wasn't real - the film was supposed to be a vehicle for Bob Hoskins! The producers of the film had somehow managed to come up with an animated creation so attractive that she stole every scene she was in, and a generation of men was forced to uncomfortably admit that cartoons could be sexy. In terms of her famous proportions, though, she's a silhouette-for-silhouette match to Hendricks.
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.