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November 7, 2008 | By: Robert | Comments ( 0 ) | Posted in: Offbeat

Are any of your body parts valuable enough to have their own insurance policy? If you're a successful hand model or perfume smeller, maybe so. But celebrities are insuring their bits and pieces too.

 

Gene Simmons of Kiss insured his freakishly long tongue for $1 million. Decades ago, Dolly Parton insured her bust for $600,000. It's even rumored that singer Tom Jones had his chest hair insured for almost $7 million.

 

The practice of insuring body parts isn't new--it dates all the way back to the silent movie era. Betty Grable insured her legs for $1 million. Bette Davis took out an insurance policy against weight gain. And Hollywood dancing sensation Fred Astaire insured each of his legs for $75k (far undervalued if you ask me).

 

Notable celebrity omissions from yesteryear: Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Anna Nicole Smith, Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

 

Today, over-coverage by 24-hour media outlets has pushed the monetary stakes even higher.

 

Fresh off her on-set feud with troubled singer/actress Lindsay Lohan, Ugly Betty star America Ferrara insured her winning smile with Lloyd's of London for a cool $10 million. Supermodel Heidi Klum, wife of soul singer Seal, insured her legs for $2 million.

 

Most ridiculous of all is Bruce Springsteen, who insured his voice for a measly $1 million. The voice of "The Boss" worth only one million? What's next, Jessica Simpson's 'you know what' insured for just 100k?

 

Why aren't Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey or Tom Cruise on this list? I wonder how much Kobe Bryant's shooting hand is worth, or Yao Ming's height...?

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