Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York) is an American supermodel and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model.

Tyson Beckford was born on December 19, 1970 and grew up in Rochester, New York. He attended Bay Trail Middle School in nearby Penfield, NY. He then attended 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. Read more...