15 key facts about Sofía Vergara
The advantage of being so sexy and that women do not envy you but if a healthy respect is due to the fact that Sofía Vergara does comedy and the occurrences of her on the screen are pure fun.
Any woman her age (Sofia is 43 years old) and her incredible and voluptuous body could cause tremendous envy of all her gender. But she not only conquers the men of the world, but she captivates women with her tremendous naturalness, sense of humor and humility.
I present these 15 facts about one of the highest paid actresses on television, who came to Hollywood directly from Barranquilla.
1-Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara (yes, double Vergara)
She was born on July 10, 1972. She is the daughter of Margarita Vergara Dávila de Vergara, housewife, and Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, cattle rancher and producer of beef.
Sofía comes from a middle-class family, and studied at the Marymount School Barranquilla, a private bilingual school.
2-Discovered on the beach
At age 17, a photographer saw her on the beach and noticed her beauty and bearing.
She offered him her first modeling job, and she became famous in Colombia by starring in a Pepsi commercial. With the money, she paid her parents' debts.
3- Catholic girl
Sofia, who was studying at a Catholic school, was confused when it came to accepting her first jobs.
Being part of a conservative school, she almost rejected the Pepsi commercial, but it was her own teachers and directors who gave him permission to accept her future projects and have a modeling career.
4-Wife and young mother
She married Joe Gonzalez, her first love, at age 18. Her son was born in 1992, when he was 20 years old. Their marriage lasted 3 years, but today Joe and Sofia are friends and they get along incredibly well.
They even attend their son's events together, each with their respective partners (by the way, Sofia is now married to another Joe, Joe Manganiello).
5-Manolo
Sofía's only son, Manolo González-Ripoll Vergara, is named for Steven Bauer's character from the 1983 film Scarface.
6-soap opera
Sofía's first notable acting role on television was in Mexico, in the telenovela Acapulco, cuerpo y alma (1995).
Although neither she nor she was mentioned in the opening credits, her role was important to make herself known in the country and thus be able to make the leap to the US market.
7-Univision
After the soap opera, she moved to Miami and began working at the Univisión network as the host of a travel program called Fuera de Serie (1995 to 1998).
8-Nickname
Her family and her closest friends call him La Toty.
This was the name that her son Manolo used for her videoblog, a kind of online reality show about her life, that of her mother and her entire family: My life with Toty.
9-Skinny
Believe it or not, Toty (yes, I already trust him) did not have that curvy body when he was a teenager.
In a Colombia where the prototype idea woman has LOTS of curves, Sofía was a skinny teenager with thin legs. She herself said that she wore two jeans so that it would appear that she has thicker legs.
10-Rafael
Her brother Rafael hers was murdered in Bogotá, when Sofía was starting her career at Univisión.
The motives were not clear and the crime was never solved, but for safety, her entire family settled in Miami.
11-Dating
She dated singer Craig David, and soon after, Tom Cruise contacted her. They came out very discreetly and Tom was VERY interested in her, even he introduced her to her children. What Tom was looking for was a wife, and Sophia rejected him without hesitation. The reason? Obviously, her madness and her fanaticism for Scientology.
When she arrived in the United States, she stopped eating beef protein for a very long time because, according to her, the taste of beef has a very strange taste compared to what she ate in Colombia.
13-Desperate Housewives
She was part of the Colombian version of Desperate Housewives, in 2007.
The series did not have the international success of the original, but it obtained good ratings in Colombia.
14-Eternal nominated
As a supporting comic actress on Modern Family she has a total of 5 Emmy nominations, 5 Golden Globes, and 3 SAG Awards.
She individually does not have a single triumph, but she has 5 SAG Awards for winning with all of her companions the award for Best Television Cast in Comedy.
15-Güerita
Believe it or not, the actress has dark blonde hair.
When she arrived in the United States she was required to paint her hair black or chocolate color. She is a bit prejudiced. They believe that to be Latina one has to be Salma Hayek, she said at the time of her.
