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Daily Mail
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sofia Vergara looks half her age while posing with lookalike niece
Sofia Vergara looked half her age while posing for a snap with her look-alike niece. The 52-year-old actress and entrepreneur and 32-year-old Claudia Vergara showed their striking similarities while beaming for the camera on a trip to Madrid. The Modern Family star is in Spain to celebrate her Toty beauty brand expanding into Europe. She first launched her Toty - named after her childhood nickname - back in 2023. She also took to Instagram to share several snaps of her from travels, a year after the actress and her niece appeared on the Roku Channel show Celebrity Family Food Battle. Sofia's niece Claudia is an Instagram influencer with a large following, and she started hosting Latinx Now! in 2018, alongside Christian Acosta and Nastassja Bolívar. Latinx Now! is a bilingual pop culture news program with a Latinx lens, produced in English and Spanish to serve audiences across North and Latin America. The Modern Family star first shared a group snap with Claudia, Sofia's longtime business partner Luis Balaguer, hair stylist Kylee Heath, friend Alejandro Asen and others. Vergara captioned the snap, '@totyeurope work day in Madrid,' plus a red heart emoji, plus another post where she hit the red carpet in a stunning white dress. The actress also shared a snap of her with another famous Colombian - singer Karol G - while wearing a black top and wide-legged grey jeans. Vergara captioned the snap, '@totyeurope work day in Madrid,' plus a red heart emoji, plus another post where she hit the red carpet in a stunning white dress. Another post featured the actress and her niece, captioned simply, 'Madrid' and a red heart emoji. Vergara was donning the same outfit as her snap with Karol G, which her niece was donning a black top with a slightly sheer with black printed and white floral designs. The niece accessorized with a gold necklace, earrings and black strappy heels for the outing with her aunt. The post also included another photo from a massive group dinner somewhere in Madrid. Vergara also took to her Instagram story to share another snap of her and niece Claudia walking the streets of Madrid. While she has a ways to catch her aunt's 35.3 million Instagram followers, influencer Claudia boasts 323K followers herself, though she has a tragic past. Her father - Sofia's brother Rafael - was murdered in 1998 during a kidnapping attempt, when Claudia was just six years old. Sofia said in an interview, 'We come from a successful family, and he knew he was a target for kidnapping.' 'He always had bodyguards. Then one day he went out alone and was shot dead (in a kidnapping attempt). I was devastated,' she added. She ultimately moved to Los Angeles for college, graduating from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 2017. Claudia joked in a 2019 interview that she and Sofia, 'share clothes all the time,' but with a caveat. 'Anything from the waist down, for sure. From the waist up, I don't have the boobs for it,' she joked. Her famous aunt is also her fashion inspiration, adding, 'She's amazing because she did everything by herself … she's a busy woman and a very empowered woman. She doesn't need anyone and I love that about her.' The actress has been rumored to be seeing F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, following her split from ex-husband Joe Manganiello. While that relationship has yet to be confirmed, she recently opened up about the things she's looking for in a man in an interview with TODAY. 'I want to say the basic stuff, like health and somebody that loves me,' she told Today hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Erin Andrews on May 14. While that relationship has yet to be confirmed, she recently opened up about the things she's looking for in a man in an interview with TODAY. She added, 'And somebody tall, handsome,' before insisting that her next partner has to have as much money as her with her net worth estimated at $180 million. 'I want somebody that has as much money as me or more, because if not, it's a nightmare,' she said. 'They end up resenting you. And I want somebody fun. I need fun in my life,' she explained. Vergara can currently be seen as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent, which airs Tuesday nights at 8 PM.
CBS News
02-05-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Florida bill would require student athletes to undergo heart screenings before participating sports
Florida bill would require children to undergo heart screenings before participating in sports Florida bill would require children to undergo heart screenings before participating in sports Florida bill would require children to undergo heart screenings before participating in sports A new bill in the Florida Legislature could make it mandatory for student athletes to undergo heart screenings before taking part in sports. The bill (SB 1070) was passed in the Florida Senate on Thursday and is now heading to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk, awaiting his signature. The issue hits home for many people across the state, especially with one South Florida family, who finds the issue to be deeply personal and said the measure could save lives. On Dec. 9, 2014, the Vergaras' life changed forever when their 11-year-old daughter Breanna collapsed during dance class. "She was in dance class dancing, when all of a sudden, she collapsed," said Claudia Vergara, Breanna's mother. "They thought she had just fainted." Breanna Vergara would have turned 22 years old this month and her room is nearly identical to how she had it 10 years ago. "How could this be happening? Unfortunately, they kept working on her," said Jesus Vergara, Breanna's father. "We went to the hospital and maybe 30 minutes later, [the doctors] walked in and they told us that she did not make it." Breanna Vergara died of sudden cardiac arrest and her parents said an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) could have saved her. "An AED could've changed things, an EKG could've changed things," said Claudia Vergara. "She just got her physical, and they don't do EKGs," added Jesus Vergara. "If they had done it, it's possible that we would've found out and she would still be here." SB 1070 aims to combat that — it requires all student athletes in Florida to get an EKG before participating in school sports for the first time. Doctor Jose Martinez Elejalde, the chief medical officer for Broward Medical Health Center, told CBS News Miami that EKGs will show acute things that would help diagnose heart conditions better. "It's a very quick and easy test to do," he said. "It's non-invasive and gives a lot of info in [an] acute setting." Since their daughter's death, the Vergaras have been working to prevent their tragedy from happening to others by organizing events to bring awareness. "It's a start in the right direction and if they can only save one life like that, it was already worth it," said Jesus Vergara. "The five minutes that it takes to do it are worth it. We wish every day that we had the opportunity." "It would've changed her life and we wouldn't be talking to [CBS News Miami] about this," added Claudia Vergara. If DeSantis signs the bill, it will go into effect in the 2026-2027 school year and make Florida the first state to mandate EKGs for student athletes.
