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  • IMELDA DEFENDS WEALTH (infamous shoe maniac vows to prevent jewels being sold to help poor)

    10/05/2005 8:09:29 PM PDT · by Stoat · 26 replies · 4,105+ views
    Sky News (U.K.) ^ | October 5, 2005
        Denies jewels were stolen VIDEO: Fight For Gems IMELDA DEFENDS WEALTH Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines who was infamous for owning thousands of shoes, is promising a fierce fight against plans to auction her jewellery collections.  The widow of Ferdinand Marcos told Sky News' Asia Correspondent Dominic Waghorn her wealth was honestly earned and her belongings cannot legally be sold.It was her first interview since the Philippine government announced the sell-off.She told Waghorn: "It's not true that this is still stolen money, that it is ill gotten, that it's taken from corruption or taken from the people,...