Beauty, Royalty, Controversy.
Marie Antoinette & Imelda Marcos
Three best words to describe these two ladies. Different eras, almost of the same fortune. I guess if they belong in the same century and time, they had been really good friends. Both Marie Antoinette, the most glamorous queen of France, and Imelda Marcos, first lady of the late former president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, have their own philosophy about beauty that made their name famous all across the globe.
Maria Antonia von Österreich
Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette
If Imelda was the first lady of a former president, Marie Antoinette was then the wife of a King named King Louis XVI. She was born in a wealthy and a family of royalties in Vienna Austria. Literally, she was born to be famous. She was also known for her sense of style. That made her a fashion icon in her century. Because of the kind of lifestyle that she lived, a lot of gossips and scandals circulated in Versailles. Her popularity among her people soon was replaced with so much hate that everything went upside down for her. Then one thing led to the other and in the end she was executed by guillotine for the crime of treason at the age of 37. Her life was portrayed after so many, many years through film. The most recent was Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst in the title role. Love her there! hehe!
Imelda & Ferdinand
younger days
Her Imeldific Beauty
As what I’ve said, they had almost of the same fortune, though no one killed Imelda and thank God, she’s still alive and kicking. Imelda was a former beauty queen naming her as “Rose of Tacloban”, “Miss Leyte” and “Muse of Manila”. She was involved in this whirlwind love story with Ferdinand Marcos that made them close to what the showbiz calls “love team”. Let’s fast forward. President Marcos declared Martial Law all over the Philippines, then there was the People Power that eventually ended his dictatorship days. Their whole family fled to Hawaii after the said event. Imelda’s belongings that includes hundreds of gowns and handbags plus over a thousand pair of shoes was found. Their family lived like royalties then but after what happened and after all the cases filed over their family, standing up again won’t be easy. Now, their family is still pretty much involved into politics. Well, good luck on that.
Fragile Mind 