Why is Imelda Marcos called the "Steel Butterfly"?

Question

Why is Imelda Marcos called the "Steel Butterfly"?

Answer 1

Because on the surface she was glamorous and graceful like a butterfly, but underneath she had a cold and hard as steel attitude towards the well being of her people. Her beauty and celebrity status over-shadowed her behaviour and over looked her illegally funded extravagant lifestyle.

Answer 2

because she acts so innocent and fragile, and she and her husband ruled the Phillipines with an iron fist, while taking all that money.