Melissa McCarthy looks every inch the respectable young lady in this picture, but it's only because the photographer caught her outside of one of her rebellious phases. In interviews, she's said that she went from being a cheerleader and a tennis player one year to getting into rock music the year after. At one point she'd cut her hair short, and dyed alternate parts of it black and blue. By the year of her graduation, she was voted 'Most Punk' in her class. She must have made a special effort for the picture.
Just as she can change her appearance with ease, McCarthy can also change up her talents depending on how she wants to make her money on any given day. She's famously both a comedian and an actress, but she's also a fashion designer in her spare time. Time Magazine named her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and we don't think her influence has waned any since then.
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.