Tyson Beckford: “If It Matters To You, You’ll Make Time

By Carter Higgins

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Discovered in 1992, Tyson Beckford has been modeling—at one point, becoming the face of Ralph Lauren’s Polo menswear—for over two decades. But many may be surprised to know that the fashion industry was never his original pursuit. In fact, Beckford was teas when he was younger because of his “strange looking features. He says he only turned to modeling as a way to “pay the bills” when acting didn’t initially work out.