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| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Dental surgeon |
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| Country | India |
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Majiziya Bhanu is an Indian body builder and power lifter from Kerala.[1]
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]
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]