Taylor Swift still looks young enough to be at school, and we're all envious of the way that the passing years don't seem to age her at all. She's barely recognizable here, and looks a million miles away from the superstar she's become. These days, Swift has a perfectly prepared pose for every camera she sees. That wasn't the case in her younger years. Her cheeks have the chubbiness of youth, that smile looks a little forced, and those cornrows probably aren't a hairstyle she'll ever be visiting again.
If you were someone who laughed at Swift during her school days, though, look what you made her do! Swift is the single most successful female singer-songwriter of her generation, and is regularly voted one of the sexiest women in the world. You'd never know she ever had a day in her life where she wasn't bursting with confidence - but we've got the picture to prove it happened!
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.