Imelda Marcos
Imelda Marcos
Imelda Romuáldez Marcosis the widow of the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president. She served as First Lady from 1965 to 1986 during the dictatorship of her husband. She remains one of the richest politicians in the Philippines through her collection of clothing, artwork, and jewelry, along with money in offshore bank accounts under the pseudonym "Jane Ryan". As a result, she has been called a kleptocrat by her critics who accuse her of plunder...
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth2 July 1929
CityManila, Philippines
As the first lady of this country and the mother of this country, this (tragedy) really overwhelms me.
Don't look too healthy or they'll send you to Washington to testify.
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.
I think it is incredible the way it has shaped up in the last few years. India has the courage to show the world what it has pulled off and many can learn from its achievements.
I think that's a very kinky issue with the panties and bras. That's the thing that they will display: shoes, panties and bras.
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.
It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately people think of beauty as luxury, beauty as frivolity, ... or extravagance. Beauty is a discipline, beauty is art, is harmony, in the ideological sense and in the theological sense, beauty is God and love made real. And the ultimate reach in this world is beauty.
I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
They need a role model. They need a star!
I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.
More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.