Iranian Beauty Queen Melika Razavi Making a Splash in EPT Monte Carlo Main Event
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Gambling - and poker - are banned in Iran. Beauty pageants are banned in Iran. Magic is banned in Iran. So how did Iranian Melika Razavi become a poker-playing magician who participates in beauty contests?
We wondered the same and we caught up with her during a break of the EPT Monte Carlo �5,300 Main Event, where Razavi is battling it out late on Day 3.
��Coming from that culture and background, it��s a big step for me to actually represent women in magic and being a beauty queen; I��m also a motivational speaker.��
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