Imelda Marcos is the former First Lady to Ferdinand E. Marcos during his reign as the President of the Republic of the Philippines. People see her merely as a pretty face but if you actually follow her life and events in our country's history, she is actually a very influential and powerful person. She is even known to be the "Steel Butterfly". Looks can be very deceiving and she's someone you shouldn't trifle with.
In fairness to Imelda, she accomplished some things during her reign as a first lady. She revived the culture of our country which is a big plus for me. Culture is the identity our country can share with around the world. It's what makes us unique and special in the eyes of so many. Promoting this can lead to so many things like increase in tourism, investments and the preservation of culture. Though her philosophy for promoting culture for the sake of "beautification" sounds very silly, I really tip my hat to her because it was a good move.
Imelda seems also somewhat intelligence but very clueless. She thinks that by doing this or by doing that she can help millions. She failed to see the bigger picture of what she was doing. The Filipino people were scared, tortured and terrified and she still tried to make a family out of that. She failed to see the corruption running deep through the veins of the country. She wouldn't be remembered by her shoes or beautification project if she actually did something to help the Filipino people. Instead many will just remember her as the wife of Marcos, or the lady with 1000 pairs of shoes or simply put the "Steel Butterfly".
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