Tyson Beckford is proud of how far he's come after a difficult - and public - breakup. After nearly seven years of dating Shanina Shaik, Beckford, 54, found himself single in 2015 following a shocking split. According to the Kings Court star, he was close to proposing to the Victoria's Secret model before things came to a sudden end. "One month before we broke up, I met the vice president of Cartier and I told him, 'Look, I have this amazing lady I want to get married to,'" Beckford shared in his Us Weekly cover story. "I had these great plans, and just, it was a crushing blow.