born july widow philippine dictator 10th president served lady dictatorship husband remains richest politicians philippines collection clothing artwork jewelry money offshore bank accounts pseudonym result called critics accuse born manila moved prior world war death mother returned manila pursue career singer beauty queen married president philippines declared martial law lady built developments metropolis manila spending time abroad state visits shopping assassination opposition leader caused mass protests eventually led family forced exile widow installed president death husband ferdinand returned philippines later elected times house_of_representatives infamous included owning thousand pairs shoes housed museum worked fashion designer model referred supporters early life trinidad born july manila philippines died uncle associate justice paternal ancestors land owning family mixed spanish ancestry siblings including mother died family moved claimed met landed end world war speaks english languages manila language roman catholic returned manila request cousin worked music store street singer attract customers entered miss manila beauty came second named muse manila result briefly dated early 1950s met future husband married congressman marriage resulted children born november born september born september adopted girl named lady served lady husband ferdinand elected november 10th president philippines role presidency controversial partly involved celebrities beatles band allegedly invitation state dinner presidential palace beams actress alleged relations ferdinand september ferdinand declared martial law rewrote constitution country lady half dictatorship stirred controversy assassination attempt occurred december tried stab knife shot police motive appeared role husband presidency human rights believed staged government orchestrated public events national funds bolster husband image secured miss universe manila required construction months organized festival showcasing philippine history initiated social programs green revolution intended address hunger encouraging people plant produce household gardens created national family planning program early 1970s took control distribution bread called actually came appointed member interim national congress representing appointed ambassador extraordinary allowing tour united_states soviet_union yugoslavia cuba travels friends richard_nixon traveled iraq secure oil libya peace treaty held position minister human settlements allowing construct lung center philippines palace purchased property manhattan 1980s including million wall street million declined buy felt power struggle instrumental exile opposition leader suffered heart attack imprisonment martial law philippines later lifted continued president husband began suffer effectively ruled place returned assassinated manila international airport arrival accusations beginning rise ferdinand created fact finding committee investigate ultimately finding guilty february snap elections held widow despite husband claiming won elections allegations vote rigging led mass protests later known february family fled hawaii left palace found left coats pairs shoes exact number shoes varies estimates pairs time reported final tally location shoes jewelry destroyed contents stolen october ferdinand associates including arabian businessman weapons believed involved husband regime indicted federal grand jury manhattan charges conspiracy fraud justice tobacco posted million bail lady couple defense team led criminal defense attorney actor testified trial grant immunity acknowledging received million loan associate july following month trial acquitted charges time ferdinand died exile hawaii september later years allowed return philippines november following year ran president presidential elections finishing 5th candidates elected representing district despite facing disqualification lawsuit supreme_court ruled favor sought presidency later withdrew support eventual winner finished 9th candidates november started business fashion label included designing jewelry march acquitted charges having illegally taken money country reasonable doubt ran second district elections replace son ran senate term held position ordered return government funds taken husband won election bid renew term elected final term wealth allegedly owned assets worth billion occasion spent forced plane turn mid air forgot buy cheese rome collection shoes lies partly partly shoe museum damaged ancestral home serves museum retains homes resides allegedly owns swiss bank accounts pseudonym claimed fortune came gold semi mythical treasure widely believed philippines japanese world war property include piece art collection included works said switzerland federal tribunal ruled december cash swiss banks returned philippine government philippine court convicted march judge manila philippines acquitted counts illegal transfers funds swiss bank accounts determining government failed prove case declared net worth million listed second richest filipino politician boxer politician october attempted sale paintings subject legal case new_york time aide sentenced years prison attempting sell valuable belonged country january collections jewelry collection collection hawaii collection paintings seized philippine government rare pink diamond worth million discovered jewelry collection february government philippines announced collections valued million auctioned end term june legacy influenced fashion philippines role arts fashion controversial second track album song subject documentary film british producer musician released concept album life called lies love later rock musical manila local performance artist performs walking tour performed foreign honors jordan 1st class march romania order august april order pro spain february
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