Sofía Margarita Vergara was born on July 10, 1972, in Barranquilla, Atlantico. She is a Colombian model and actress. Vergara was discovered by a photographer while walking a Colombian beach. Soon, she was presented with attractive offers in modeling and TV work, and followed that course. Having been raised rather conservatively and devoutly religious, this was a bit overwhelming at first. In an article in Maxim Magazine in January of 2001, Vergara was described as "apprehensive about doing her first TV commercial—until her Catholic schoolteachers gave her permission to take the job" . She made her first public appearance at the age of 17 in a Pepsi commercial that was widely telecast all over Latin America.
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