The most successful black male model ever, Tyson Beckford is an American model and actor best known as a Ralph Lauren Polo model. achieving fame and huge contracts similar to the female models who had huge success in the 1990s.
Beckford was named “Man of the Year” in 1995 by cable television music channel VH1 and one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” by People magazine.
Who is Tyson Beckford’s father Lloyd Beckford?
Tyson Beckford was born in Rochester, New York on December 19, 1970, to parents of different ethnic backgrounds. His father, Lloyd Beckford, is a Jamaican of Panamanian nationality.
Beckford co-hosted the modeling contest Make Me a Supermodel on the television channel Bravo with fellow supermodel Niki Taylor. The show chose Nicole Trunfio to join Beckford as a mentor to the model contestants for the show’s second season.
Beckford judged and mentored the contestants of the first few episodes of the Australian version of Make Me a Supermodel with model and former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins. By 2012, he participated in Fox’s dating game show The Choice.
