Tyson Beckford Shares Men's "Supermodel" Success

Tyson Beckford's success in the modeling industry is an open book. With his name on top of the list of male supermodels in the world and the most popular Ralph Lauren face to date, Tyson is also an actor and the host of the current television show on Bravo, Make Me A Supermodel.

To his host co-host and fellow supermodel on the show, Niki Tylor, the 37-year old Tyson Beckford shares that in most modeling competitions, men usually fall short to women. According to him, women's modeling success is more predictable than for the men, “just because modeling is such a predominantly women's business. Women are in control of this business."

So if men want to make it to the top of the modeling business, Tylor Beckford believes that they have to do multitasking, that is, to learn to be a well-rounded talent. "The guy that wins this, or the girl that wins this, has to be able to multitask — to be able to represent a product line to the fullest, to be able to host a show, to be able to do a movie.”

Thus, a man is considered a successful supermodel if he is able “to model clothes, do commercials, act in films, have a video on MTV, everything."

These versatility in the modeling community is what Tyson Beckford calls “being involved.”

Here's two important things in modeling that Tyson Beckford follows by heart, which are also important modeling advice for those who want to become a successful male supermodel:

1. Always know what the clients are looking for, what the objective is.

2. Always do research to know what you are doing, whether it was modeling, acting, riding motocross or skateboarding.

“Some kids have the idea they want to become actors, and they say, 'OK, I'm going to go to an audition.' You can't just do that. You have to study, to know what the art is. The kids who are still on the show are the ones who understand that."


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