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  • Erik Asla And Tyra Banks Show Off Their Baby Boy

    Tyra Banks and partner Erik Asla are the parents to a bouncing baby boy named York, whom they delivered via surrogate.

    The supermodel and talk show host took to Instagram on Sunday and shared a sweet photo of herself looking serene as their “miracle baby” cozily snuggled close to her.

    “This is the Happiest Valentine’s Day of my life. York, Daddy @erikasla and I send you so much love,” the caption said.

    This is the Happiest Valentine’s Day of my life. York, Daddy @erikasla and I send you so much love.

    A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on

    Meanwhile, her photographer boyfriend of two years, Erik Asla, posted the same photo on his Instagram page with the caption, “Mother and Son.”

    The 42-year-old TV personality had been candid about her struggles to conceive. For years, Banks has claimed to have tried just about everything that modern fertility methods have to offer, including repeated IVF sessions that never reached fruition.

    In an episode of the lifestyle talk show FABLife – which Tyra Banks co-hosts and produces – she broke down in tears as she described the many painful IVF treatments she has gone through and the constant judgment that she faces for being childless in her forties.

    Fortunately, using a surrogate mother to carry their embryos proved successful, as they now have baby York.

    While fans are happy about the baby news, a lot of people have also gotten quite curious about Tyra Banks’ other half, Erik Asla. Not much has been published about her partner, even though they’ve actually been together for more than two years now. ET managed to gather a few interesting details about the guy, the first of which is that he’s a 50-year-old professional photographer from Norway, who relocated to Los Angeles.

    Upon arriving in the U.S., Erik Asla scored a job as a photo assistant to esteemed fashion photographer Herb Ritts. He and Tyra Banks reportedly met on the set of the Norwegian version of Next Top Model, where he worked as one of the show’s photographers.

  • Erik Asla, Tyra Banks Welcome Baby Boy Via Surrogate

    Erik Asla and Tyra Banks surprised fans with a birth announcement earlier this week. The Norwegian photographer and the former supermodel welcomed a baby boy via a surrogate.

    York Banks Asla was born via an “angel of a woman that carried our miracle baby boy for us,” according to a social media post Tyra Banks shared on Thursday.

    “The best present we worked and prayed so hard for is finally here. He’s got my fingers and big eyes and his daddy Erik’s mouth and chin. As we thank the angel of a woman that carried our miracle baby boy for us, we pray for everyone who struggles to reach this joyous milestone. York Banks Asla, welcome to the world,” Banks captioned a photo of a tiny baby hat.

    A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on

    Erik Asla and Tyra Banks have yet to share a photo of their newborn bundle of joy. It could be they’re waiting for the highest bidder, as the war on first baby photos is often waged among publications.

    Banks was open in recent months about the angst she experienced when undergoing IVF treatments in her effort to become pregnant. She and Asla kept mum about their use of a gestational surrogate until after their baby was born.

    Just about a month ago, Tyra Banks shared a photo of herself with Erik Asla, captioning the shot, “Everyone deserves to be loved like this.”

    A photo posted by Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) on

    It certainly appears as though that love is a mutual thing Tyra Banks and Erik Asla share. The welcoming of a baby into their loving home will no doubt make their world complete.

    Congratulations to both Tyra Banks and Erik Asla on the birth of York Banks Asla.