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Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

  • Fame68.8
  • Momentum2.6
  • Models rank#83
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Born 1929 · age 97
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  • Age
    97
    Born 1929
  • Known for
    The Kingmaker
    2019
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

First Lady of the Philippines for 21 years under her husband's martial-law regime, she became synonymous with kleptocracy on a staggering scale — billions stolen from state coffers, 3,000 pairs of shoes, and a Guinness World Record for the greatest robbery of a government.

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Born Imelda Romuáldez on July 2, 1929, she became First Lady in 1965 when Ferdinand Marcos took power, a role that expanded into wielding significant political authority after he imposed martial law in 1972. Over the next two decades she ordered grandiose construction projects on impossibly short timelines — what critics called her "edifice complex" — while she and her husband siphoned an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion from the Filipino people, spent on art, jewels, and a notorious shoe collection during a period of national economic crisis. The 1986 People Power Revolution forced the fam…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos
said
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
— As quoted in Today (April 1998).
Imelda Marcos
said
President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.
— Explaining her and her husband's wealth, as quoted in Today (April 1998).
Imelda Marcos
said
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.
— As quoted in an Associated Press report (April 1998).
Imelda Marcos
said
Ferdinand had foresight and unbelievable luck. His success actually bordered on fiction.
— As quoted in "Imelda and the Cash" by Werner Raffetseder in Saga magazine (April 1998).
Imelda Marcos
said
If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.
— After promising to give $800 million to poor Filipinos if she becomes president, quoted in The Philippine Daily Inquirer (March 1998).
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68.8
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Momentum2.6
Historical26.2
Now attention15.2
Source confidence70.0
Completeness70.0
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Category rank
#83
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