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She was famous for amassing a prized shoe collection that most women would kill for.
Imelda Marcos, the wife of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, is believed to have owned more than 3,000 pairs before she and her husband were driven out of the Philippines.
The Marcoses fled the country at the climax of the army-backed 'people power' revolt in 1986 and left behind staggering amounts of personal belongings, clothes and art objects at the palace, including the former first lady's shoes.
The massive shoe collection, said to be in the region of 3,000 pairs, including top U.S. and European brands, astounded the world and became a symbol of excess in the Southeast Asian nation, where many still walked barefoot out of abject poverty.
Imelda Marcos (pictured in 1999), the wife of later dictator Ferdinand Marcos is believed to have owned more than
