hung up on her age, ironically
or otherwise. Toned and taut
with curves more commonly
found on Barbie dolls than actual
breathing humans, she’s forever
riding high on ‘world’s sexiest’ lists
- in female-voter polls just as often
as male-voter ones – and there’s
a certain sense of validation in this.
Best known for her role on US
comedy Modern Family, playing
Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, Vergara
billed her first job aged 17 – a TV
ad for Pepsi in Colombia. She
has often recounted the tale of
a publicist recommending she
undergo surgery when she arrived
in the US to reduce her natural 32E
boobs, which materialised at the
age of 13 and grew larger when
she was pregnant with her son
(Manolo, now 24) from her first
marriage. The reason? They made
her look fat in photos, apparently.
The answer was a firm no, and
Vergara has no regrets, but she
is only human. “Unless they’re in
a bra, they don’t look that great
anymore. If I don’t have a bra on,
but I’m wearing clothes, it’s fine,
and for two seconds naked!” Sofía
reveals, glancing down at what God
gave her. “I wish I could be a little bit
more athletic. But when you’re born
with these gigantic boobs...”
In traditional Colombian culture,
women didn’t buy into the idea of
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