“The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.”

— Imelda Marcos

At a press conference in Bloomingdale's, at the opening of the Philippine exhibit, cited in Ang Katipunan (May 1982).

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Former First Lady of the Philippines 1929

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