Imelda Marcos; Inside the Mind of Imelda

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Byline: Alexandra A. Seno

In February 1986, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos were deposed as president and First Lady of the Philippines in a popular revolution. Two years after he died in 1989, his widow returned to live in the Philippines. Imelda, now 74, was the subject of a documentary at this year's Sundance festival, and is working on her autobiography, the tale of a Filipino girl who grew up to entertain world leaders like Muammar Kaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Deng Xiaoping and Fidel Castro, among others. Along the way, she collected shoes and became a favorite punching bag of the international media. NEWSWEEK's Alexandra A. Seno sat down with her at her Manila apartment to talk about the good times and the bad. Excerpts: …