Sofia Vergara leaned into a summer tease on May 7, posting a topless throwback photo on Instagram that showed her early in her modeling career in only embroidered white bikini bottoms and a pearl necklace. She captioned the image, “Ya casi es verano!!! ☀️😂.”
The photo shows Vergara standing with her back to the camera in front of crystal-clear waves, her long brown hair falling straight over one shoulder while an oversized pearl necklace draped down her back. She wore nothing but thong bikini bottoms with an embroidered floral design across her lower back. The post arrived as she has been filming season 21 of America’s Got Talent, which is set to premiere on June 2.
Vergara first started modeling when she was 17 and won the 1992 Look of the Year competition in Colombia, beginning a career that has kept her in the public eye for decades. The Instagram post fits a pattern for the actor and television personality, who has recently shown off several daring fashion looks while filming the talent competition. She has also shared swimwear photos on Instagram before, including a plunging white string bikini, ultra-cheeky bikini bottoms and a teeny-tiny string bikini.
That mix of nostalgia and headline-making glamour is part of why Vergara keeps drawing attention online: she can turn a throwback into a present-tense event. The latest post does the same, but with a sharper edge because it lands just weeks before America’s Got Talent returns and after she was honored with a 24-foot statue in Barranquilla, Colombia, on her 53rd birthday on July 10, 2025.
For now, the picture answers its own tease. Vergara is still leaning into the same confidence that made her a model at 17 and a star long after, and she knows exactly how to use a quiet Instagram post to get people looking again.
