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“Admire who you are, believe in yourself, have faith in your capabilities bring out the power within you and shine in your full glory. We can, We Are Sheroes”. These are the words of Krystle Penza, Mvintage Founder and Designer, in her message aiming to empower women in our society and increase awareness on breast cancer.

Surviving her own battle with breast cancer, Alison’s beautiful and courageous heart proves what real inner strength can achieve. A truly admirable lady for her will power and grace, that makes her our Admiration SHERO.

A woman with outstanding determination, focus and faith that encourages her to keep fighting for equality in the face of many uphill challenges. An advocate for the local LGBTQ community.

A passionate activist for animal rights, Francesca Runcle raised more than €140,000 to build an abandoned dog sanctuary in Birzebbuga. Her kindness knows no limits when it comes to protecting our four-legged friends and we can all agree that she is their SHERO. 

Over a hundred domestically abused women, together with their children, seek shelter in Dar Merhba Bik every year. These women are re-empowered and supported to re-establish their independence.

A story of pure love. Mother and daughter. Graziella Bartolo Pizzuto was shocked when her daughter Faith was diagnosed with down syndrome at birth. Today, Graziella started a wave of change within the Maltese community. She supports other women with downs syndrome children and emphasises that there is nothing down with down syndrome.

In February 2006, at the age of 21, whilst Amy was a student at the University of Malta, she contracted meningitis – a devastating bacterial infection which creates havoc in your body. As an effect of the infection, Amy lost both legs from below the knee, 9 fingers and later her kidney function.

50 women were honoured as superheroes by Mvintage, following nominations collected through the brand’s social media channels. These superheroes are all different from one another, but they all have one thing in common – they are all inspirational women, especially during these extraordinary times. No matter how hard these times are, all of these women are fighting hard to keep going and for this we all admire them. Some are medical professionals in hospital or homes, others are pharmacists, mothers, police women, sales people, teachers, and bankers.   

The Mvintage team meets Francesca Fenech Conti, founder of the Women for Women Facebook group with over 32,000 members. Determined and passionate about her cause, Francesca is on a mission to help women in Malta find stronger, better, happier and more equal futures.