Ronda Rousey got her start by putting every single opponent in an armbar within thirty seconds. In the MMA/UFC, she was unstoppable. Until she was stopped by a kick to the head. It happens to the best of us. The good thing is that she leveraged her success in the ring to become a huge personality. What do you do when you have someone with a huge personality who can also take a punch? You hire them in the WWE.
Ronda Rousey has been a welcome hit in the WWE, just recently making her Wrestlemania debut. Fans enjoyed the match, and there hasn't been too much Haterade being poured out. All she has to worry about now is if Holly Holm comes to the WWE. Watch that headkick Ronda. We can't go through that again.
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.