Tyson Beckford
Beckford in 2010, Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 19, 1970
Ethnicity: African-Jamaican, African-Panamanian, Chinese
Tyson Beckford is an American supermodel and actor. He is a Ralph Lauren Polo model. He has hosted the program Make Me a Supermodel, and appeared in the films Trois 2: Pandora’s Box, Biker Boyz, Into the Blue, Kings of the Evening, Hotel California, Addicted (2014), Chocolate City, and Supermodel (2015).
His parents, Hillary Dixon Hall and Lloyd Beckford, are Jamaican. He has African-Jamaican, African-Panamanian, and Chinese ancestry. He spent part of his childhood in Jamaica, as well as in The Bronx, New York City. He is an ambasador for Kick 4 Life, an organization that uses soccer to engage vulnerable youth in holistic care and support in Lesotho.
Tyson has a son with celebrity stylist April Roomet.
Some people are freakin ignorant he is mixed with Chinese he’s said it himself why is that so hard to believe
This guy is black and he knows it! Chinese nothin! Please
He never said he wasn’t black, why r u getting mad just because he said he is part Chinese? If he is, so what.
he’s a black dude with chinese eyes
Dude’s akan as far as afro-ethnicity ( Maroon Heritage which is basically comprised of ashantis and fantes) is concerned and Chinese as far as asian ethnicity is concerned but 100% Jamaican.
well yes he looks chinese lol so handsome!!humm
Chinesse, who used too much tanned-creme and pushed
his lips