On May 1, 1954, after a two-week courtship, Ferdinand Marcos married Imelda Romuáldez. The winner of a beauty contest who was known as the “Muse of Manila” among the city’s elites, she helped propel Marcos to the presidential palace in 1965. She was appointed to several political offices and wielded significant power during her husband’s two-decade rule.
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