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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ed Chatterton & John Bett

'I dropped out of university to become a full-time bikini bodybuilder'

A law student decided she'd had enough of studying so swapped the library for the gym and now she's training to be a full-time professional bikini bodybuilder.

Mel Wilkinson, 28, was trying to become a barrister but now devotes five days a week to working out for three hours at a time in the gym.

She gave up her course following her first year at Birmingham City University and has since spent thousands on entering amateur competitions across Britain.

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