One Direction's Zayn Malik

         Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik, nickname Bradford Bad Boy and Dj Malik. Born 12 January 1993 (age 19) in St. Luke's Hospital, is from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Born to British Pakistani father Yaser and an English mother, Tricia Malik (née Brannan), he has one older sister Doniya, and two younger sisters Waliyha and Safaa. He grew up in East Bowling, and was a pupil at Lower Fields Primary School and went to Tong High School, a state comprehensive school. Malik did not fit in at his first two schools due to his mixed heritage, revealing that when he and his older sister moved schools he felt he fitted in better. After moving schools at the age twelve, Malik, states he started taking pride in his appearance.

On auditioning for The X Factor, Malik said "I was looking for an experience". He cites urban music as his main musical influence, growing up, he was into R&Band rap. He as well as other members of One Direction further notes artists such as Bruno Mars, as a "dream collaborator."Malik is addicted to smoking cigarettes; in late 2011, he expressed his desire to quit. Malik once wrote on Twitter, "La ila ha ill lalla ho muhammed door rasoolalah", a message which is regarded as a common declaration of faith among Muslims meaning: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah."

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m) 

Trade Mark

Vas Happenin'

Tall quiff

Tattoos

Ear piercing

Trivia

Is a member of boy band One Direction.

Had he not auditioned for The X Factor, he would have liked to do an English Degree at University in the hopes of becoming a teacher.

Confirmed that he and Belle Amie member Geneva Lane are a couple after The X Factor ended in December 2010.

During the bootcamp rounds of "The X Factor" (2004) in 2010, Malik was noted for disappearing during the dance routine as he felt nervous and uncomfortable about dancing in front of people, as he said he "can't dance". Simon Cowell found him sitting backstage and convinced him to participate anyway because if he didn't he'd be ruining the opportunity for himself. Returning to the dance routine proved to be a good move as he was later put into boy band One Direction.

Is known as "The Vain One" in One Direction.

One Direction were formed at the bootcamp stage of "The X Factor" (2004) in 2010 when the judges felt Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne,Harry Styles and Niall Horan were too good to throw away, but not interesting enough to make it as soloists. The decision to put the five boys in the group proved to be popular as they made it to The X Factor final and were the only band to be included on the 2011 X Factor Tour.

He got over his fear of water when One Direction filmed the music video for "What Makes You Beautiful".

His first pet was a staffie dog named Tyson.

His favorite band is *NSYNC.

His first play was "Grease".

His grandfather on his fathers side, Mohammed was born in Pakistan. His mothers family is from Ireland and England.

He is an artist, he even drew some of the pictures on One Direction's first album "Up All Night".