He’s best known for being a fashion model for Polo Ralph Lauren. He is six feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. Tyson Beckford was produced on December 19, 1970 in The Bronx, NYC. Beckford’s parents were Jamaican and he’d first come to prominence when he was seen by a talent scout for The Source magazine in 1992. From that point he’d sign on with Ralph Lauren as the featured model for the business’s Polo sportswear line in 1993. Tyson visiting physique and exotic appearance — courtesy of Beckford’s Jamaican tradition — vaulted him to immediate stardom and shortly he was among the few male supermodels in the world.
Not content to be merely another pretty face or only a model, Beckford started to enlarge his repertoire to incorporate television and playing appearances, first showing up in films like Zoolander (2001) and ABC’s star reality show I am a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2003. His characters would get larger in films like Into the Blue (2005) and Hotel California (2008).
Beckford continues to play in television and films — he’ll star in 2014’s Addicted. Beckford was severely hurt in an automobile crash in 2005 and would tell Oprah Winfrey the injury made him a considerably more religious man. He’s got a son, Jordan, from a relationship with stylist April Roomet from E! Television’s Candy Girls.
Tyson Beckford has an enough net worth to purchase 9,338 Bulova Ladies Fairlawn Analog Watch ($1,499.25 each)
Pittsford Mendon High School, Bay Trail Middle School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Berniece Julien
Children
Jordan Beckford
Parents
Lloyd Beckford, Hillary Dixon Hall
Siblings
Patrick Beckford
Nicknames
Tyson Craig Beckford , Tyson C. Beckford
Movies
Chocolate City, Addicted, Kings of the Evening, Hotel California, Gas, Into the Blue, Searching for Bobby D, Biker Boyz, Trois 2: Pandora's Box, Shady Creek, Dream Street, Conversations 2
TV Shows
Make Me a Supermodel, Britain's Next Top Model, The Search: The Next Male Model, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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Beckford has a son, Jordan Beckford (b.1998), from a previous relationship with celebrity stylist April Roomet.
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Is of Afro-Asian descent.
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Graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School in Pittsford, New York.
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Is 1/4 Chinese on his father's side (his paternal grandmother is 100% Chinese).
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His grandmother was born in Ghana
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One of the world's top male models.
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He was raised in Rochester, New York and Jamaica. His exotic looks can be attributed to the fact that his father is half Jamaican and half Chinese and his mother has Panamanian ancestry.