Everytime I hear or see the name
“Imelda Marcos,” an image of dictatorship and suffering immediately comes to
mind. This is because she is mostly known as the wife of the late president
Ferdinand Marcos who brought Martial Law that really shattered the Filipinos during
that time. Also, an image of a woman who has too many pairs of shoes comes to
mind. Some people even said that Imelda never wore the same pair of shoes
twice.
These
descriptions of her are quite astounding, but when I watched the short film
“Imelda” that documented the story of President Marcos’ wife, I realized that
there is more to Imelda Marcos than just suffering and shoes.
In
the film, Imelda’s love for beauty in everything that she sees and does was
shown. Even when she was a child, Imelda already knew how to appreciate beauty.
She never goes out of the house without grooming herself very well. When she
became a lady, she joined a lot of beauty pageants, and she was even given the
title “Muse of Manila.” When she married
Ferdinand Marcos, one of her many suitors, beauty was still with her. With
every dress that she wore and with every step that she took, one could always
see grace and elegance.
Imelda’s
appreciation of beauty led her to the idea of building the Cultural Center of
the Philippines, one of the biggest structures in the Philippines. Nowadays, it
showcases beauty through cultural presentations and art.
The
film basically showed what kind of woman Imelda Marcos is, aside from the
common stereotype of her as the wife of the man who made a lot of Filipinos
suffer. There’s more to Imelda than this – she is beautiful, smart, and
graceful.
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