Holly Madison has taken out a $1 million dollar insurance policy on her breasts through Lloyd’s of London. This isn’t the first time that a celebrity has purchased insurance on a body part that they feel is intrinsically helpful to their career. It also isn’t the first time Lloyd’s of London has sold this type of speciality insurance policy.
Today, I noticed that google news had several articles that talked about the insurance policy that Holly Madison has purchased. I honestly had no idea who this celebrity was, so I did a little research.
It seems that she is someone who has been photographed for Playboy magazine more than once. She appeared on the reality television show called “Girls Next Door”. She once was in a relationship with Hugh Hefner, and then, later, with Criss Angel.
Currently, Holly Madison is in a Las Vegas production of “Peepshow”. She appears topless during parts of the show. This could be what prompted her to get an insurance policy for her breasts. In an interview with People Magazine, she said:
“I’ve heard about people getting body parts insured, and I though, why not? Because if anything happened to my boobs, I’d be out for a few months and I’d probably be out a million dollars”.
Holly Madison is not the first celebrity to take out an insurance policy that covers a specific part of her body. Betty Grable, the “Girl with the Million Dollar Legs”, had a $1 million dollar insurance policy on her legs that was purchased by Fox Studios from Lloyd’s of London.
Supermodel Heidi Klum had a $2.2 million dollar policy that covered her legs. Country superstar Dolly Parton had an $600,000 policy on her breasts. Singer Rod Stewart had his voice insured for $6 million dollars. Soccer player David Beckham had his legs insured for $70 million. In general, celebrities will at least consider getting an insurance policy on the parts of their bodies that they have reason to believe is especially significant towards helping them to make their income.
I suppose that this makes a certain amount of sense. After all, if your career was based on your appearance, (or specific portions of your anatomy), it leaves you vulnerable if something happened to that part of your body. I imagine it wouldn’t be easy to switch careers after decades of relying upon your appearance as your “moneymaker”.
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