Imelda Marcos(aka Iron Butterfly)
Imelda Marcos was born in 1929. She was the first lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1989.
Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was removed from power in 1986. According to the Presidential Commission on Good Government, the Marcos family pilfered between US$5 billion and US$10 billion during their time in power.
The years 1983 to 1985 saw the biggest decline in GDP in the country’s history. Two of the Marcos children are still active in Philippines politics.
Imelda left Malacanang Palace after her husband’s fall from power, leaving behind 15 mink coats, 508 gowns, 888 handbags and, of course, the shoes. Estimates went as high as 7,500 pairs, but the final tally was a paltry 1,060 pairs.
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos looks at her famous shoe collection after formally opening the suburban Marikina Shoe Museum in Manila in 2001. Photo: AFP
“They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes,” she is quoted as saying.
She had a 175-piece art collection that included works by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Canaletto, Monet and Raphael. She once spent US$2,000 on chewing gum in a San Francisco airport. She was found to have funnelled millions to offshore bank accounts in the name Jane Ryan.
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