Sofia Vergara Height, Weight, Age, Affairs, Husband, Family, Biography, Facts & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Sofía Vergara
- Does Sofía Vergara smoke?: Not known
- Sofia Vergara was nicknamed ” La Toti” by her siblings and cousins.
- At just 17, she was discovered by a photographer on a beach and she stepped into modeling and adopted it as a career on her teacher’s consent.
- At the age of 18, Sofia got married to her high school sweetheart Joe Gonzalez, and at 20, she had her first child named Manolo, but unluckily the couple got divorced and she had to raise her son as a single parent.
- She did different Pepsi commercials and supported her family financially.
- Besides being a successful model, she studied dentistry at a University in Columbia; but she left the course (2 semesters before) due to impressive opportunities in modeling.
- In 2000, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent radioiodine therapy; after which she made a pleasant recovery. Moreover, she, along with her doctor, talked about her illness in a talk show to inspire others.
- Her ex-fiance, Nick Loeb proposed her on the top of Chichen Itza in Mexico, and when they came down, they were arrested by the police for entering the restricted region.
- She finds US meat funny, so she had stopped eating it from the time she has shifted from Colombia.
- She has been honored by Forbes as the “Highest Earning Actress” on American TV.
- She has been awarded “Favorite Comedic TV Actress” at People’s Choice Awards 2017.
- She is an accomplished business-woman who has launched her own clothing brand- “The Sofia Vergara,” which is sold at K-mart.