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Imelda Marcos

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

Imelda Marcos

Beauty

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Imelda Marcos believes that her appearance serves as a source of hope or inspiration for poor Filipinos living in difficult conditions. She feels a responsibility to maintain her beauty so that they have something positive to admire despite their hardships.

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