Gurleen Maan

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Gurleen Maan is a Canadian farmer who has appeared on several Canadian unscripted television shows.

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Early life

Gurleen Maan is one of four children born to parents Kris and Devinder Maan. She grew up on the family farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia. [1]

Career

Maan and her family own and operate Maan Farms in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Mann does creative and marketing for the farm. [2]

Television

In 2022, she was selected to participate in the CTV unscripted reality series, Farming For Love, as one of six single farmers. [3] The season aired in 2023. [4] Mann subsequently competed on the reality competition show, The Traitors Canada . She was the runner up, making it to the end with "traitor", Mike. [5] Maan and Kevin Martin competed as a team on season 10 of The Amazing Race Canada. [6] They were eliminated in the semi-finals, finishing their leg of the race less than five minutes after the second-to-last team. [7]

Personal life

On Farming for Love, Maan chose Tai Chatur, but their relationship did not last beyond the show. After meeting on The Traitors, Maan began dating Kevin Martin. [8] [9]

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References

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