Imelda Marcos
A woman of controversy and known for her thousand shoes, she
is the first lady of our former president Ferdinand P. Marcos, she had an idea
of beautifying the Philippines to her vision.
Some works she had done was to control the birthrate of the Philippines
by the means of promoting the use of “rubber”. She also dwelled in to bringing
up the confidence of other women by publicizing her way of beauty and elegance.
She helped campaign her husband with his election and served
as his Public Relations Officer, On the victory of the presidency of Marcos.
Imelda began holding positions in the national government that allowed her to
travel the world and gather art work and real estates to her demise.
Before she became the first lady of Marcos, she started
joining pageants and had the title “The Rose of Tacloban” she then went to
manila and lived with her aunt that took care of her. She was courted by a lot
of men. In 1950 she worked in a music store as a singer to attract customers. then
Imelda later on joined a beauty pageant known as “Miss Manila” where she placed
second, unsatisfied by the results she then went up to one of the judges and
requested a recount. After contesting the results she was just named as the “Muse
of Manila”. This led her to become local supermodel with her pictures appearing
in local magazines and newspapers
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