10 celebrity bikini bodies before all that fame (With Pictures)

7. Sofia Vergara

Prior to Sofia Vergara ever entering the American vernacular, this Colombian beauty dawned the small screen on the Spanish-language television network, Univision. There she appeared on a couple of television shows but it would be her modeling spreads that garnered Vergara a ton of attention.

Vergara, seen in the photo, was taking some modeling bikini pictures at the tender age of 17. Vergara’s legendary breasts and behind helped catapult this Colombian star to worldwide superstar status as her acting career blossomed. In 2009, Vergara landed her biggest role yet in the sitcom Modern Family. Playing a stereotypical Latin beauty, Vergara mixes her thick accent with perfect comedic timing to sculpt the sexy Gloria Delgado-Pritchett.