Fun/Cute/Weird Facts about Zayn (Zain) Javadd Malik 1. Zayn Malik was born on 12th January 1993 in St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford. He’s the second oldest member of One Direction behind Louis. 2. Zayn was brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Other famous Bradfordians include magician Dynamo, Kimberley Walsh from Girls Aloud, Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson and Gareth Gates. 4. Zayn fancies the pants off Megan Fox and has a secret man crush on Justin Timberlake. 5. Zayn’s favourite book is Harry Potter. 6. Zayn has a soft spot for intelligent girls. 7. Zayn can’t swim and is scared of open water (also known as Aquaphobia). Despite this he likes sharks – especially hammerheads! 8. Zayn’s favourite band of all time is *NSYNC. 9. Zayn’s X Factor audition wasn’t broadcast on the main show. When he had progressed further it was shown retrospectively on spinoff The Xtra Factor. 10. Malik in Arabic means ‘king’ or ‘chieftain’. 11. Zayn’s name is actually spelt with an ‘i’ (Zain). He reckons ‘Zayn’ looks more original and adopted it as his stage name. 12. Despite living in Bradford, Zayn is a Manchester United fan – just like Louis and Harry. 13. Zayn attended Lower Fields Primary School as a youngster before moving on to Tong High School. 14. Zayn dated fellow X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson for four months but the relationship ended when they “drifted apart”. Rebecca is six years older than Zayn. 15. Zayn has three sisters but no brothers. They’re called Doniya, Waliyha and Safaa. 16. Zayn’s middle name is Javadd (often wrongly written as Javaad, Jawadd or Jawaad). 17. Zayn’s favourite song of all time is ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson. 18. Zayn was born to British Pakistani father Yaser and an English mother Tricia Malik (maiden name Brannan). 19. During his time on The X Factor, Zayn’s granddad sadly passed away. In tribute, Zayn has his granddad’s name Walter tattooed on his chest in Arabic. 20. Zayn is addicted to cigarettes and desperately wants to give up. He said at the start of 2012: “My new year’s resolution is definitely to quit smoking. I need to do it.” Come on Zayn, more willpower! 21. Zayn is currently dating Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards. They publicly announced their relationship in May 2012 22. Zayn is a Muslim and recently tweeted “La ila ha ill lalla ho muhammed door rasoolalah”, a common declaration of faith that means “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah.” 23. Zayn says he’s totally flabbergasted by the success of One Direction in America. He told The Sun: “We thought it could be the same few hundred people tweeting us over and over again. Until we got to America, we didn’t realise how crazy it was.” 24. Zayn means ‘beautiful’ in Arabic. 25. Zayn has a bizarre pre-gig superstition – he always brushes his teeth before getting on stage. He admitted to The Hits Radio that his habit “is a little bit weird.” 26. Just like Harry Styles, Zayn is a cat lover. His favourite animal is a lion. 27. Zayn’s Twitter name is @zaynmalik. As of 13th July 2012 he has 4,274,799 followers. 28. Zayn has a total of EIGHT tattoos on his body. The most recent is a life-size microphone on his right forearm that he had done in Los Angeles in June 2012. 29. In June this year Zayn sprained his wrist while working out and was forced to wear a bandage onstage in Las Vegas. The injury prompted a #GetWellSoonZayn hashtag on Twitter. Fortunately it wasn’t serious and Zayn removed the bandage days later. Phew! 30. Zayn is great friends with One Direction touring buddy Olly Murs and describes him as “like an older brother.” Bless! 31. In March 2012, Zayn missed some dates on 1D’s North American tour as he had to return to the UK for his aunt’s funeral. Harry tweeted at the time: “Zayn has suffered a loss in his family & has had to go home for a few days so won’t be at our next shows in the US.” 32. Zayn loves posing topless! However, he says he’s too shy to pose naked. 33. A very nervous Zayn almost walked off The X Factor at bootcamp as he couldn’t perfect his dance moves. Fortunately, the legendary Simon Cowell talked him round and Zayn went on to wow the judges. 34. Zayn originally applied to be on the 2009 series of The X Factor but pulled out before auditions due to nerves. 35. Zayn says he’s the neatest member of One Direction and jokingly described his bandmates as “pigs.” 36. Zayn says that if he wasn’t in One Direction he’d like to be an English teacher. 37. Asked what the best part of a girl’s body is, Zayn said: “I’m very attracted to a girl’s eyes. They don’t have to be a certain colour. I think you can tell a lot by a girl’s eyes.” 38. Zayn loves drawing when he has the spare time. 39. One of his pet hates is people chewing loudly with their mouth open. We agree, Zayn! 40. Zayn used to love singing R Kelly’s soppy ballad ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ as a kid. His mum Tricia said to the Daily Record: “I have quite a few videos of him singing as a little boy but he’s banned me from showing anyone. My favourite is him singing I Believe I Can Fly wearing a green dressing gown.” This video NEEDS to come out
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:49:52 +0000