Name	Tyson Beckford
Height	6'2
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	19 December 1970,
Place of Birth	The Bronx, New York, USA
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Born and raised on the tough streets of New York, Tyson Beckford lived the life of guns, drugs, gangs, sex and violence. In order to survive, he "did what he had to do". Admittedly, his life was on course for some hard times had it not been for what we would like to call "divine intervention".
Tyson was born in Rochester, New York on December 19, 1971. The city streets of Rochester show no mercy to anyone. His parents are Jamaican, his paternal grandmother is Chinese and his maternal grandfather is Panamanian. He grew up on the streets and headed in the direction of many of his peers - toward a life of crime. Had it not been for a fashion editor from The Source "discovering" him, his life would have gone in an entirely different direction. The editor from The Source convinced him to sign with a New York based modeling agency and instead of a life full of guns, he became immersed in a life of glamour.