Sofia Vergara Is AskMen’s Most Desirable Woman of 2012

After more than 1 million votes were cast internationally, AskMen’s 11th Annual “Top 99 Most Desirable Women” list revealed Modern Family’s sultry Sofia Vergara as the No. 1 woman. AskMen readers also desire women with an edge, voting in unconventionally hot superstars like Lady Gaga, Rooney Mara and Nicki Minaj. Since its inaugural year in 2001, the “Top 99 Most Desirable Women” has served as a snapshot of which female stars AskMen readers favor the most based upon the attributes that men want in a companion, such as intelligence, talent, character, and beauty.

Sofia Margarita Vergara was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and as a child her future status as a global sex symbol was no more than a distant fairytale. Raised as a devout Catholic, Vergara was married when she was only 18, and had her first and only son just one year later. All this while Vergara was studying dentistry, and with just one year left in her schooling, was discovered by a photographer on a Columbian beach. Soon, modeling opportunities