Imelda marcos is the former first lady of the Philippines. Because of her beautiful appearance and rich political experience, she is called the "iron butterfly" in Philippine politics.
Imelda was born into a middle-class family in the Philippines. Her father has two wives, and imelda's mother is the second wife. Because of the contradiction between mother and half-brother, mother took her young and settled her home in a simple garage.
/kloc-When she was 0/8 years old, imelda, who had grown slim, took part in a local beauty contest and won the championship with her sexy and beautiful appearance. The magazine printed her on the cover and she became a household name. Later, she married Marcos, who was still a member of parliament at that time. This marriage became a turning point in her life and she began to enter the political arena.
With the help of a beautiful and clever wife, Marcos's career was smooth sailing. Finally, 1965, 1965 On February 30, 1965, Marcos was elected as the new president of the Philippines, and imelda naturally became the president's wife, that is, the first lady of the Philippines, and became the owner of Malakanang Palace for 20 years.
Imelda is not content to give in to the background, she needs to go to the stage. Therefore, during Marcos' administration, imelda held important positions such as mayor and minister of social welfare. The couple monopolized power in the Philippines.
However, in addition to the desire for power, they naturally pursue money. During their administration, they did not consider how to govern the country well, but amassed wealth, resulting in a growing gap between the rich and the poor in the Philippines and many social problems. Finally, the long-standing resentment of the Filipino people broke out and drove Marcos off the stage.
In order to find out how much property Marcos and his wife plundered, angry people broke into their mansion. In our residence in imelda, we found 200 pairs of socks, 500 bras, 1700 small bags, 3,000 pairs of leather shoes and 5,000 pairs of underwear, all made by famous European fashion designers, and totally different. According to statistics, the jewels found weighed 100 kg and were covered with various gems.
It can be said that life in imelda is extremely luxurious. She once revealed that she has so many clothes because she has to change them at least 10 times a day. This is to maintain the image of the first lady of the Philippines, so these clothes must be bought. It is said that she once shopped in a shopping mall in new york, and spent $5 million each time/kloc-0. She thinks this kind of thing is normal.
It is estimated that Mr. and Mrs. imelda may have more than $654.38+00 billion in property in Swiss banks. Therefore, even if the rich and powerful imelda couple stepped down, they could still escape the prosecution of the court and the people and did not spend a day in prison.