| Melika Razavi | |
|---|---|
 Razavi at WPTDeepStacks in Johannesburg, 2019 | |
| Residence | South Africa |
| Born | 26 June 1989 Iran |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 1st |
Melika Razavi (born 26 June 1989) is an Iranian-South African beauty queen, magician and professional poker player. [1]
Razavi was born in Iran and grew up in South Africa. [2] She was crowned Miss Iran in 2016, Miss Global Fitness in 2016 and Miss Power Woman 2017, [3] [4] despite how gambling, magic and beauty pageants are all banned in Iran. [3]
Her first poker tournament was the 888poker LIVE Barcelona in 2017. [5] She achieved 1st place and became pro champion in the $1,050 No Limit Beat the Pros Event (Bounty event #82) at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2020, winning a bracelet and the grand prize of $239,180. [4] [6]
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