Soccer god and husband of Posh David Beckham occupies the very coveted spot on this list as the only man to have his legs insured, for an incredible $70 million dollars, the most expensive in sports history. This might have as much to do with his job as an underwear model for Calvin Klein as it does for his ability to kick balls. Either way, his body is a financial wonderland.
After winning the same accolade Mariah received from Gillette, Rihanna just went ahead and insured her legs for $1 million smackers. As depressing as it sounds, in the world of music, you know you've made it once you've insured a body part
Angelina Jolie's legs are not insured, but she might want to consider taking out a policy after her strange behavior at last year's Oscar ceremony. While presenting an award, she took a very sexy (and weirdly aggressive) stance, revealing the slit in her Armani dress. The move inspired many an Internet meme.
Singer Mariah Carey insured her legs for $1 billion dollars. You heard that right: $1 billion. Apparently after Gillette made her the spokesperson for their Venus razor she figured, why not? If nothing else, this insane policy earns her a permanent place in the weird celebrity decisions hall of fame
Actress and Hollywood royalty Jamie Lee Curtis defined tough girl sexuality with her athletic performance in the 1994 action movie True Lies. Following Grable's lead, she reportedly insured her legs for $2 million bucks. At 54, they're still working for her.
Heidi Klum's legs have carried her down countless runways, so it's no surprise in this era of body part insurance policies that she would back them up for money. The weird thing is, she didn't insure them (for $2 million) herself! "I didn't personally have them insured, but a client of mine did," she told Vogue UK. "Basically, I was in London, and I had to go to this place where they check out your legs. They would look at them and I had one scar here from when I fell on a glass, so this [left leg] isn't as pricey and this [right] one."
Sexpot Sharon Stone shocked the world with the most provocative and revealing interrogation scene in cinema history in Basic Instinct. So when it came time for a sequel, her legs were powerful negotiating tools. She reportedly raked in $13.6 million for Basic Instinct 2.
When it comes to Tina Turner's legs, love has everything to do with it. One only needs to peruse the mountains of photographic evidence, to see why she felt it necessary to insure her legs for a whopping $3.2 million dollars.
Pin-up icon Betty Grable's legs made her the highest paid celebrity from 1941 to 1945. Posters of her famous gams lined the walls of many a soldier during WWII. But it wasn't all for the boys. She insured her famous assets for $1 million, an astronomical figure for that time. In 1948, she pushed aside the traditional handprint at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los
Angeles and left imprints of her legs in the concrete instead.
Recognize these legs? They belong to actress Linda Gray, not Anne Bancroft. The 72-year-old Dallas actress revealed Tuesday that she was Bancroft's body double in the 1967 film The Graduate. Although Gray's stems were featured on the movie poster, and helped the film gross over $104 million domestically, she barely earned enough for good bikini wax. "I was paid $25 for one leg," she told Anderson Cooper this week. If there's anything to be learned from her loss, it's that legs can't be undersold.
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