In fact, she'll gladly discuss plastic surgery, or fat rolls, or dealing with older ovaries. It's not a mystery," she shrugs, embracing the topics that make other actresses blanch or huffily walk away. She's coy when asked about that figure, demurring that people shouldn't believe "everyteeng" they read.
Oh, and she's got a fragrance, simply called Sofia, launching in March. This month, in time for Halloween, she's unleashing a furniture collection with Rooms to Go.
She sells sexy, affordable attire at Kmart and shills for Diet Pepsi. I'm taking a lot of stuff. I have to take advantage now. I'm I don't want to be in 10 years working as hard as I am now," says Vergara. I want to be realistic. I do all my endorsements during the weekend. My hiatus week I always come to New York. I'm the only one of the whole cast who is working. But I have to do it now. Play to your strengths.
Vergara, always aware of her copious physical gifts, started out posing in calendars, eventually spending a lot of time oozing sex appeal on Univision before deciding to break into Hollywood with her longtime producing partner, Luis Balaguer, with whom she runs Latin World Entertainment. The two met with networks in Los Angeles, but kept striking out. Sofia interrupts him and says, 'My breasts are about to hit the ground and I don't have the luxury to wait for nine pilots, I need something now.
I always say I wish this had happened to me 10 years ago. Have a plan, and then a backup plan, because the success could all go away. And that's why Vergara isn't banking on having a long-term acting career. It could end tomorrow, and she'd still be set for life. I wanted to a clothing line because people are always asking me what I'm wearing. In five or 10 years, I don't have to be there working โ I can do it from my house," says Vergara.
