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| Born | December 19 1970 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 6'2" (188 cm) |
| Suit | 44L |
| Shoe size | 10 (U.S.) |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Black |
| Ethnicity | Jamaican American |
Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York) is a Jamaican American male supermodel and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model.
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Biography
Both of his parents are Jamaican. His paternal grandmother is ethnically Chinese. Growing up in Rochester, New York, he attended Bay Trail Middle School in the suburbs of Penfield, NY and then Pittsford Mendon High School in the affluent suburb of Pittsford as a participant in the Urban-Suburban Program, a busing program designed to give educational opportunities to urban youth in the city's surrounding suburban school districts. Tyson was a member of his high school football and track teams. In 1991, he was recruited to hip hop magazine The Source by a talent scout who had come across him by chance in a New York park. In 1993, Beckford was recruited by Ralph Lauren as the front model for the company's Polo line of male sportswear. Beckford was named "Man of the Year" in 1995 by the cable television music channel VH1, as well as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine. In June 2005, Beckford was injured in a car accident near his home. His vehicle caught fire, and Beckford was able to pull himself out before it became fully engulfed in flames.[1] The accident had a profound effect on his spirituality, which he later revealed on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Beckford has been a resident of The New Jersey communities of Edgewater[2] and West New York.[1] He is now hosting "Make Me a Supermodel" on Bravo.
Filmography
- Hotel California (2008)
- Kings of the Evening (2008)
- Dream Street (late 2006 early 2007)
- Into the Blue (2005)
- Gas (2004)
- Searching for Bobby D (2004)
- Biker Boyz (2003)
- Gully (2002)
- Pandora's Box (2002)
- Shottas (2002)
- Zoolander (2001)
- Boricua's Bond (2000)
Other appearances
- Music videos
- Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart"
- Raekwon's "Ice Cream"
- 50 Cent's "21 Questions"
- Trisha Covington's "Slow Down" [1]
- Britney Spears' "Toxic"
- Adina Howard's "My Up and Down"
- SWV's "Anything"
- Rhian Benson's "Say How I Feel"
- Pet Shop Boys "Go West"
- Sun aka Geisha's "China Wine" [2]
- The Notorious B.I.G.'s "One More Chance"
- Television
- America's Next Top Model As himself
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy As himself
- My Wife and Kids
References
- ^ a b "Tyson Beckford injured in New Jersey truck accident", USA Today, June 7, 2005. Accessed September 23, 2007. "Beckford, a West New York resident, was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was treated for head trauma and cuts, O'Keeffe said."
- ^ Weiner, Jonah. "Miss Thing: Boasting a smash single, a hit album and the finest legs in pop, Amerie is R&B’s It girl. What’s more, she’s lethal with an assault rifle", Blender (magazine), June 2005. Accessed July 3, 2007. "When she’s not playing 12-hour Sims marathons at her house in Edgewater, New Jersey — the tony suburb that is also home to Tyson Beckford and Q-Tip — she’s working on writing her own Lord of the Rings–style series."
