Imelda Marcos, in PowerPoint and Plastic

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From the New York Times:

“I don’t wear jewels anymore,” she announced. “They stole all my jewels. These are recycled garbage that I make into jewels.”

“It’s beautiful,” she said. “Here, I have a plastic ring. I did it. I designed it. I have hundreds and hundreds. I have a room full of jewels made of plastic.”

“I’m more bejeweled than before,” she said. “Bejeweled with garbage.”
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