We're back in 'obvious' territory here. We expect most of you would have been able to pick this as a picture of Chris Pratt if it was presented to you in a line-up. This confident-looking young man was always destined for stardom, but if things had gone another way, we might have seen him in WWE ring as opposed to a cinema screen - Pratt was a gifted wrestler. Perhaps money turned his head - in his yearbook quote, he said that he didn't care what he did when he grew up so long as it made him rich and famous.
As a good-looking tough guy, Pratt is a natural choice for any macho roles that come up - such as his turn in the most recent revival of 'Jurassic Park,' or as 'Star-Lord,' in 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' But it hasn't always been that way. Before he was as ripped as he is now, Pratt was making us laugh with his performances in the much-missed sitcom 'Parks and Recreation.'
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.