{"id":645877,"date":"2024-12-03T21:31:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/do-you-look-like-zayn\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T21:31:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:31:51","slug":"do-you-look-like-zayn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-look-like-zayn\/","title":{"rendered":"#Do you look like ZAYN?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a259931924d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a259931924d7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/do-you-look-like-zayn\/#Inside_the_rise_of_the_silly_and_frivolous_celebrity_look-alike_competition\" >Inside the rise of the silly and frivolous celebrity look-alike competition.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inside_the_rise_of_the_silly_and_frivolous_celebrity_look-alike_competition\"><\/span>Inside the rise of the silly and frivolous celebrity look-alike competition.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265828\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080023_rlvmtd\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Do you look like ZAYN?\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Zayns. By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265870\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">If there was any sort of confusion<\/span> regarding the seriousness of the Zayn Malik look-alike competition, inexplicably held in Bushwick, Brooklyn\u2019s Maria Hernandez Park in the middle of November, it was all cleared up once one of the event organizers told me a contestant singing would have im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely gotten them eliminated.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201c[That was] the biggest joke between my friends and I who organized this,\u201d says <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leaderofbugs\">Jaz Arnold<\/a>, a 26-year-old vintage store employee. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to even hear someone try to replicate his voice. Also, I have a phobia of hearing people sing in public.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265887\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265871\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Held on November 17, the Zayn look-alike competition was one in a spate of similar contests held in London, Dublin, Chicago, New York City, and more in recent months. The concept is simple: hundreds of too-online individuals gather, typically in an outdoor space, to rate contestants on how uncannily they resemble a certain celebrity. During the time of the Roman Empire, people would convene en masse to witness the ultimate action spectacle of gladiator matches, in which the strongest and most courageous fighters would risk their lives and social status for the ultimate honor of being bloody entertainment. This is, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently, the 2024 equivalent: seeing which commoners closely resemble the likes of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet (the inaugural competition, which the actor himself attended), Paul Mescal, Harry Styles, Dev Patel, Jeremy Allen White, and Zayn Malik. Instead of risking splattered blood and torn limbs, the contestants here are graded by the very intricate and complex <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> of cheers and boos.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265829\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080024_ghtzwn\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Do you look like ZAYN?\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Zayn look-alike competition winner Shiv Patel. By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265872\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Beyond that, there seems to be little in terms of rules for these events. If you want to enter, it\u2019s usually an \u201cif you show up bearing any sort of resemblance, you\u2019re in\u201d-type of situation. Some contests welcomed gender-nonconforming participants to enter, encouraging inclusivity. In the case of the Zayn event, all the contestants were non-white, with most being from either Pakistan or India, wore the vague combination of leather jacket and black pants, and had their hair styled in either wind-swept coif or \u201cslicked back with one devastating lock hanging in front of their face\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zjmposts\/status\/1463936641018462208\">(if you know you know).<\/a> The prizes included $50 cash or a free tattoo (first place).\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI was worried I didn\u2019t look enough like Zayn Malik,\u201d Jaza Syed, a 28-year-old software engineer who lives in London and was visiting NYC, says. He placed fifth (and was the only British contestant). When I ask him what ultimately made him enter, he replies, \u201cI turned up and realized that nobody else looked like Zayn Malik, either.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265830\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080019_j9pn7f\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Do you look like ZAYN?\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Zayn look-alike contestant Shahid Khan. By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265888\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265873\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cI felt like it would be too good of a story not to be able to tell,\u201d Shahid Khan, 28, another contestant who works in politics, adds. \u201cI think we\u2019re at a time period right now where everybody is asking, like, what are the liberatory politics of a Zayn Malik look-alike competition? I don\u2019t think there are any, beyond the fact that it gets a bunch of brown people who might not have met each other to hang out for a day, which I think is cool.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            When video footage of the Zayns all gathered on stage arrived online, some initial online reactions were incredulous, bordering on angry, as they remarked that the contestants all being \u201cbrown\u201d was the only common denominator; others laughed the event off as simply a glorified \u201cHandsome Brown Men In Bushwick\u201d congregation. But in person, the vibe was light-hearted and silly, with many people even foreseeing its dating-pool potential.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265874\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cIn the back of my head, I was like, \u2018Oh, maybe I\u2019ll find somebody cute,\u2019\u201d Arnold says. \u201cBut a lot of them honestly were either taken or gay, or had their girlfriends force them to enter.\u201d One fan marched through the crowds, determined to get all the Zayns to sign her One Direction book. Another was giving out her contact details via a printed-out slip containing her name and number. Someone else decided to forego decorum altogether by simply holding a giant sign that read: \u201cDo you\u2026 look like Zayn? Like girls? Want to be in a relationship? Get our number so we can talk from \u2018Dusk till Dawn\u2019 (Bonus points: Having the Zayn curl).\u201d As each competitor stepped up to the stage, chants of \u201cMORE ZAYN! MORE ZAYN!\u201d spread through the crowd. The eventual winner, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shvptl\">Shiv Patel<\/a>, 29, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zovberry\/status\/1858264502673793416\">charmed the plebian judges<\/a> when he declared his favorite song was \u201cPillow Talk.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265831\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080021_h95g6t\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Do you look like ZAYN?\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Shahid Khan and Jaza Syed. By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265876\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            It\u2019s hard to pinpoint the exact reason why look-alike competitions have transfixed audiences globally, but looking at current social conditions is a good place to start. Per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf\">multiple recent polls<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/ideas\/usable-knowledge\/24\/10\/what-causing-our-epidemic-loneliness-and-how-can-we-fix-it\">studies<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/news-room\/news-releases\/new-apa-poll-one-in-three-americans-feels-lonely-e\">loneliness is at an all-time high<\/a> and so is our addiction to our screens. And while it\u2019s true online communities help bring people together through the digital ether, that temporary bond still can\u2019t replace face-to-face, IRL interaction.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265877\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The feral, hyperactive response to these look-alike contests could be a result of people looking for connection away from their screens, to experience something collectively not online but in real time, in the flesh. (Ironically, YouTuber <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anthpo\/p\/DBo_Rs8RNOK\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\">Anthony Po<\/a>, who kicked off the trend, organized the Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet contest for content for his stunts channel.) The Zayn event, specifically, seemed to carry a heightened communal spirit. \u201cThe energy that day was really wonderful,\u201d Arnold says, reflecting on the event. \u201cI do think a lot of the culture of fans, especially girl fans of One Direction and Zayn, have this really strong sense of community and there\u2019s this understanding between all of us. I think maybe that was why it was so peaceful.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265832\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080018_igedft\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Do you look like ZAYN?\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Maria Hernandez Park. By Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265878\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            How long these contests will continue is unclear, but for the moment they do seem to have cured some sort of collective ennui. Recent events included a double entry for <i>Challengers<\/i> duo Art and Patrick; K-pop is now getting involved, with a Mark from NCT contest set to take place at NYC\u2019s Washington Square Park on December 7. With the overwhelming majority of look-alike contests being male-centric, there have been calls to include more female celebrities: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1859355768367268177\">Zendaya<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tom_tuna\/status\/1861038902850605177\">Rachel Senott<\/a>, and Bella Hadid. (Though, the disparity might point to a certain kind of catharsis gained from women finally being allowed to not only openly objectify but boo men in public.) As for how the celebrities themselves feel? Mescal <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/pubity.com\/paul-mescal-meets-winner-of-lookalike-contest\/\">called his contest \u201cbananas\u201d<\/a> while conceding the winner did capture \u201cthe spirit of me very well.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265879\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Look-alike contests are an inherently silly and frivolous conceit, both a recession indicator and an evocation of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lethalrejection\/status\/1863250537526821324\">the feeling of a first-term Obama presidency<\/a>. But in times like these, I&#8217;ll take what I can get.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-265833\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/46080022_obwl3i\/by-cady-siregar.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Do you look like ZAYN?\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      By Cady Siregar<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Cady Siregar<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2024\/12\/03\/zayn-malik-lookalike-competition-2-24\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside the rise of the silly and frivolous celebrity look-alike competition. Zayns. By Cady Siregar If there was any sort of confusion regarding the seriousness of the Zayn Malik look-alike competition, inexplicably held in Bushwick, Brooklyn\u2019s Maria Hernandez Park in the middle of November, it was all cleared up once one of the event organizers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":645878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/c_limit,w_1024\/c_crop,h_533,w_1024,x_0,y_30,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/46080023_h0kbow\/46080023_h0kbow.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[28101,48,75638,72811],"class_list":["post-645877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-pop","tag-internet","tag-one-direction","tag-zayn-malik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}