Tyra Banks Kids: Son York With Ex-Boyfriend Erik Asla

Model mom! Tyra Banks was given the job of a lifetime when she became the mom of her only son, York Banks Asla. The iconic TV star and former Dancing With the Stars host shares her beloved child with her ex-boyfriend Erik Asla.

Tyra welcomed her little bundle of joy in late January 2016. The former America’s Next Top Model host announced the arrival of her “miracle baby” on Instagram following his birth via surrogacy.

“The best present we worked and prayed so hard for is finally here,” Tyra wrote alongside a picture of York’s newborn hat after his arrival. “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.”

Two years after Tyra and the Norwegian photographer — who dated for four years before splitting in October 2017 — welcomed their little one, the proud mama opened up about turning to in vitro fertilization. Tyra said it was an “emotional” road to motherhood as the two tried “for a while” to have kids.

“There are so many stages,” the Tyra Banks Show creator explained to People in March 2018 of the difficult IVF process. “It’s like, ‘OK, it’s a healthy embryo. OK, it’s month one.’ I was just constantly living on edge until I held him for the first time.”

The following month in April 2018, Tyra revealed she wasn’t sure if having more kids was in the cards even though she always “[wanted] three” children. She noted she “unfortunately [doesn’t] have embryos frozen” while chatting with ET.

“I think I’m lucky, you know, I did [IVF] for about a year and a half and some women do it for years and years and years,” she explained. “I think that was the end [though]. I think I probably could’ve kept going, but I just think it wasn’t healthy for my body because less eggs and less eggs and less eggs, you know, every month.”

Despite her former dreams of having a big family, Tyra insisted she was so grateful to be the mom of her adorable son. “I’m so happy,” she gushed to the outlet.

Scroll down below to learn more about Tyra’s son, York.

York Banks Asla

Although it’s rare for Tyra to post photos of her son on social media, she’s been spotted out and about with York on a handful of occasions. The America’s Got Talent alum will also share sweet updates about her growing child every now and then.

“I will say my son is very advanced,” she told Closer Weekly and other reporters at an event in November 2019. “He asked me about symbiosis the other day.”

At the time, Tyra joked she didn’t even know what her mini-me was inquiring about. “I had to Google it,” she dished. “I was like, symbiotic, what does that mean again? He was like, ‘Mommy, it’s symbiosis.’ Now he’s talking about stalagmites and stalactites. He’s not even 4 yet! He’s a good science boy.”

The doting mama also dished her boy can be sometimes sassy. “I think every [child] has some terrible moments. And he definitely, definitely has that,” she told ET in 2018. “But he’s also like in charge so when he’s eating, I try to tell him you must sit at the table when you eat, you cannot run around, you must sit. My mom [was once] eating at the counter in the kitchen. He [was] like, ‘Nana, sit down. You eating. Sit down, Nana.'”

It sounds like York is going to grow up to be one successful kiddo!