Majiziya Bhanu

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Majiziya Bhanu is an Indian body builder and power lifter from Kerala. [1]

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Biography

Majiziya is from Malabar, Kerala.[ citation needed ] She is the daughter of Abdul Majeed and Razia Majeed. [2] She began her training in powerlifting after taking a boxing class while in college to study dentistry. [3] She decided to compete after her then-fiancé (now husband, Nour Ahmad Kohan Alizaey) [2] showed her pictures of Muslim women competing while wearing a hijab, because she would not participate in competitions without wearing one. [3] Soon after she began training, she competed in the Kozhikode District Powerlifting Championship in July 2016. [3] [4]

She has since completed a Bachelor of Dental Surgery[ citation needed ] from the Mahe Institute of Dental Sciences [5] and is a dental surgeon. [6]

In 2021, she was a contestant on Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3). [7]

Bodybuilding and powerlifting career

By 2018, Majiziya had been named the strongest woman of Kerala by the Kerala State Powerlifting Association three times. [2] Her first bodybuilding competition was in the women's division of the Mr Kerala Championship on February 25, 2018, which she won. [2] [3] She was the first competitor to wear a hijab at the event. [1] She also represented India at the World Armwrestling Championship in Turkey in 2018. [6] [4]

Achievements in international level

Achievements in national level and state level

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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "In Pictures: India's hijabi Muslim woman defies odds to invade male bastion". Al Arabiya News. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Riaz, Azmia (19 March 2018). "Meet the 'Strongwoman of Kerala' who has taken over the powerlifting world in a hijab". EdexLive. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. 1 2 J S, Harikumar (29 November 2019). "Meet Majiziya Bhanu, a hijab-clad power-lifter from Kerala who packs a punch". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Results AFP 2017".
  9. 1 2 "സുമനസ്സുകളുടെ സഹായം; മജ്സിയ ബാനു ലോക പഞ്ചഗുസ്തി ചാമ്പ്യന്‍ഷിപ്പില്‍ പങ്കെടുക്കും". www.mediaonetv.in (in Malayalam). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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  12. 1 2 "ബിഗ് ബോസിലെ തട്ടത്തിൻ മറയത്തെ സുന്ദരി; സാധാരണ മുസ്‌ലിം കുടുംബത്തിൽ നിന്നും പ്രശസ്തിയിലേക്ക് ഉയർന്ന മജ്‌സിയുടെ വിശേഷങ്ങൾ!". malayalam.samayam.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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  18. 1 2 "ലോകശ്രദ്ധ നേടി മജ്സിയാ ബാനു ജൈത്രയാത്ര തുടരുന്നു". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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