Sofia Vergara is best known as one of
the stars of the hit comedy Modern
Family the bilingual star was an actress
and TV host in Colombia before moving to
the United States and transforming into
an international sensation for
metamorphoses - one of the highest-paid
women in the entertainment industry is
an inspirational one late bloomer
Vergara is known today for her
voluptuous figure but she was a bit of a
late bloomer in a 2011 interview with
Nightline the actress revealed that her
nickname as a child was toothpick my
culture at Skinnygirl has nothing for me
I would never even wear skirts or
anything because I thought I was too
skinny
almost a dentist growing up regarde plan
to enter the healthcare field so I went
to then to school but um I didn't finish
those plans for a quieter life were
derailed when she dropped out of school
to become a TV host Vergara might not
have become a dentist but she admits
that dental hygiene is still a top
priority telling people magazine I'm
obsessed my son thinks I'm crazy because
I make him do cleaning every three
months I try to bribe the dentist to
make him do it sooner Beach discovery
when she was a senior at a Catholic High
School
regardez introduction to the
entertainment industry was a bit
unconventional yeah I was with my family
like at the beach and some casting
agents saw me and said we're doing this
commercial do you want to do it like
though the norms are gonna kill me I
can't be in a baby's she ended up doing
a commercial and she wasn't kicked out
of school either the commercial didn't
air until after she had graduated
childhood sweetheart before she was
married to fellow actor Joe Manganiello
regards hide the knot with her childhood
sweetheart by the time she was 21 they
divorced Vergara told Harper's Bazaar
Arabia that she never felt like she
needed to rely on a man saying I think
the beauty of a woman nowadays is that
we can do everything we have more
options and we should do everything we
can
superstar businesswoman in 1994 when she
was in her early 20s she co-founded
Latin World Entertainment a talent
management and marketing firm for the
last 15 years our company has done
probably 85% of all endorsement deals
done in Spanish in this market 85
percent in 2017 she launched a line of
lingerie called a B with 10 percent of
net sales going towards helping women
around the world start their own
businesses
she told women's health in countries
where there is a lot of poverty
sometimes women have to endure horrible
things because they don't have the means
to just pack up and leave I want to give
them something to be able to help
themselves to save some money to be able
to have more control of their lives
we're super like passionate about making
sure that through microfinance we're
empowering this woman in this country's
hard work for garen knows that her looks
helped her get a foot in the door of the
industry but she's adamant that it was
her dedication that propelled her to
superstardom in 2016 she told Harper's
Bazaar Arabia I have made it to here
because of how I look being attractive
has opened so many doors for me but of
course if I was just a pretty face I
wouldn't have lasted so long she said
that she quote worked like an animal
when she came to the US
adding often I haven't been the youngest
or most intelligent girl in the room but
I always always in the hardest working
one dreams don't happen if you just sit
down and accept things cancer survivor
it might seem like Vergara has led a
life filled with good fortune but it
hasn't always been easy at the age of 28
the young actress was diagnosed with
cancer
she told cosmopolitan I was lucky
because out of all the cancers this was
one you can remove and treat it could
have been a lot lot worse just by
hearing that word it's kind of scary but
the good thing was them you know I
decided to it you came myself on it her
battle with cancer inspired her to help
others
she told health in 2011 that a charity
she sponsors was working to build a
Cancer Center in Columbia
stunning appearance you'd think that a
woman like Vergara would be hyper aware
of her good looks if only because she
turns heads wherever she goes
yet she told the independent in 2015 she
didn't even think about her stunning
appearance before she came to America
joking that she was born in a push-up
bra
she explained for me sexy is something
that I never really thought about until
I moved to the United States because in
Latin America everybody goes to the
beach with a g-string and your ho-ho
ease and high heels and makeup it's just
our day-to-day thing positive outlook
Vergara has zero time for haters on
occasion she's been criticized for her
modern family character Gloria many
believe that the character perpetuates
stereotypes of Latina women Michael
Anthony is taller than golfy just like
the Starbucks girl when she got your
order wrong half-caf nonfat white soy
latte how hard is that to hear she asked
Ola USA what's wrong with being a
stereotype Gloria's character is
inspired by my mom and my aunt
they are both latina woman who grew up
in Colombia like me they loved color
prints and shoes I'm like that too a
voluptuous intense happy woman
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