Tyson Beckford was on America’s Next Top Model No 9 last night.
Here’s some background on Tyson Beckford:

Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York) is an American male supermodelactor, known worldwide for his muscular physique, facial structure, and tattoos; and also as the lead model for Ralph Lauren. He is also reported to be one of the highest-paid and richest African American and  male supermodels in the world.

Beckford is the son of a Jamaican mother and a half Jamaican and half Chinese father. Growing up in Rochester, New York, he attended Bay Trail Middle School in the suburbs of Penfield, NY and then 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. Tyson was a member of his high
school football and track teams. In 1991, he was recruited to hip hop magazine The Source by a talent scout who had come across him by chance in a New York park. In 1993,
Beckford was recruited by Ralph Lauren as the front model for the
company’s Polo line of male sportswear. Beckford’s fame continued to
rise, and he was named "Man of the Year" in 1995 by VH1, as well as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine.

Here’s the reort on the TV show:

On the sixth episode of America’s Next Top Model 9, male model Tyson
Beckford surprises the models at the house and gives them a lesson on
being a spokesperson. Most pull off an impromptu sales pitch for their
teacher, but a few have a hard time concentrating on their task.