A Fashion Trivia: Imelda Marcos
How well do you know Imelda Marcos?
Aside from she's the first lady of the late philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, she's been tagged as one of the world's greediest person. She's also been famous for her shoe collection of over 2,500 shoes (as of this year). Here are some facts about the famous Imelda Marcos:
Date of Birth2 July 1929, Manila, Philippines
Birth NameImelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez
NicknameThe Iron Butterfly Meldy
Birth NameImelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez
NicknameThe Iron Butterfly Meldy
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Mother of three; Ferdinand Jr., a.k.a. "Bong Bong", born September 13, 1957; Imee, born November 12, 1955; and Irene, September 16, 1960. Also has an adopted daughter, Aimee.
When the Philippines hosted the 1974 Miss Universe Pageant, she had the whole City of Manila and Baguio City painted to welcome the visitors and candidates.
While serving as the First Lady of the Philippines, her major projects include the Cultural Center of the Philippines; Philippine Heart Center; Lung Center of the Philippines; Kidney Institute of the Philippines, Nayong Pilipino; Philippine International Convention Center; Folk Arts Theater; and the infamous Manila Film Center.
To this day, in popular media whenever the wife of a dictator is being depicted for the purposes of satire (be it in cartoons, sitcoms, etc.) a large collection of shoes appears to be a functional characteristic, in reference to Imelda.
In the Madam & Eve cartoon where South African President Thabo Mbeki is shopping for a second hand executive jet, the salesman introduces an aircraft owned a by 'a little old lady' - Imelda Marcos. The plane has a thousand pairs of shoes onboard.
As a Special Envoy of the Philippines, she was instrumental in the opening of Philippine diplomatic relations with China, the Soviet Union, and the Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe (Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, etc.), Middle East, Libya, and Cuba, in the securing of a cheap supply of oil from China and Libya; and in the signing of the Tripoli Agreement.
Husband Ferdinand Marcos became the 10th President of the Philippines in 1965. Together with Imelda, he would rule the Philippines for more than 20 years.
She also became a beauty queen. At the age of 18, she was crowned the "Rose of Tacloban," became "Miss Leyte", went to Manila in 1953, and was named the "Muse of Manila" by then Manila Mayor, Arsenio Lacson, after she protested her loss in the Miss Manila pageant.
Her extensive shoe collection is world-renowned. When her family fled the Philippines in 1986 during a popular revolt, she left a treasure trove containing jewelry, some 1,500 pairs of shoes, dresses, and paintings by the masters.
Owns fashion line "Imelda Collection" with her eldest daughter, Maria Imelda (Imee) as designer. Products include jewelry, clothing and shoes.
A former First Lady and erstwhile powerful political figure in the Philippines.
Earned a bachelor's degree in education at St Paul's College in Leyte
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Personal Quote:
"When I left the Phillipines, people looked in my closets hoping to find skeletons, but all they founds were shoes."
Here is a video of the lies about Imelda Marcos and her shoes.
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