They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.

When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.