X Factor judge pays homage to murdered women

Christine, Irena, Karen, Yvette, Margaret, Meryem, Silvana, Caroline, Eleanor, Maria, Antonia, Shannon, Lourdes, Marija Lourdes, Angele and Chantelle.

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These are the names of women who were murdered in the past 10 years and whom X Factor judge Alexandra Alden remembered on the final show watched by tens of thousands on Saturday night.

Each victim’s name was individually strung on Ms Alden’s gown with a red bow, paying homage “to all the potential that was robbed with every victim that we lost to domestic violence”. 

Ms Alden was one of four judges of the TV talent show that came to an end this weekend, seeing off Destiny Chukunyere as Malta’s participant in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Together with couturier Luke Azzopardi, Ms Alden chose to make her last gown about all the women “lost to this horrible reality”.

It has been a week since the murder of Chantelle Chetcuti, who was stabbed at least five times in the head and neck.

The 34-year-old mother-of-two had refused to stay in an unhealthy relationship, according to her family. 

Her murder has seen increased calls for an end to...