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Poursaleh says the main reason she left Iran was that she was ridiculed for the size of her muscles. “As long as I was in Iran I had to do light work-outs,” she says. “Otherwise they would mock me. In Iran, a muscular woman is not acceptable.” She moved to Canada in 2005 and started competing in 2006. In 2010, Mona won first place in the Ontario Toronto Pro Show. She took second place in June 2011 at the International Federation for Bodybuilding's Toronto Pro SuperShow and, on May 18, 2012, placed third in the Ontario Physique Association.
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Poursaleh says the main reason she left Iran was that she was ridiculed for the size of her muscles. “As long as I was in Iran I had to do light work-outs,” she says. “Otherwise they would mock me. In Iran, a muscular woman is not acceptable.” She moved to Canada in 2005 and started competing in 2006. In 2010, Mona won first place in the Ontario Toronto Pro Show. She took second place in June 2011 at the International Federation for Bodybuilding's Toronto Pro SuperShow and, on May 18, 2012, placed third in the Ontario Physique Association.