Tyson Craig Beckford is an American model and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model. He is currently the host on the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel. Beckford was born on December 19, 1970 to a Jamaican. His mother was of part Afro-Jamaican and part Chinese Jamaican descent. His maternal grandfather was Chinese Jamaican and his paternal grandfather was originally from Panama.
In 1992, he was recruited to hip hop magazine The Source by a talent scout, Jeff Jones, 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.
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