Sexy in Your Own Skin: Lessons We Can Learn From Sofía Vergara

Sexy in Your Own Skin: Lessons We Can Learn From Sofía Vergara

Look and learn, mamasitas.

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I hardly ever watch network television. No particular reason, really; but if you pinned me down I guess it would be because of all the infernal commercials. I especially hate the ones between the TEE VEE show where every practically whispers, and then ads come blaring through, and I’m really NOT that interested in how OxyClean can get my clothes as white as bleach when I was being lulled to sleep by Brook and Ridge from The Bold & The Beautiful.

But me-likey this one:

You know what I love about Sophia? She’s TOTALLY working the cha-cha hot Latina angle and it’s reaping mucho benefits for her. She’s not trying to be Miss Honorary Becky–she’s embracing the spiciness of her cultures and maximizing her OWN, NATURAL, GOD-GIVEN female assets, and is quickly becoming one of the most identifiable boob-toob stars that you’ll know whether you watch network television or not.

From the top or her head to the soles of her feet (and soul in her feet) she is a wholly feminine, and wholly powerful woman to be reckoned with. She is voluptuous, and knows how to dress to make a man’s eyeballs fall out. She has long, lustrous hair, and regardless of how cute all the pixie cuts stylists come up with to keep you chained to their chairs, men lurves some long, healthy haaar. She doesn’t whitewash her culture–she capitalizes upon it. That thick accent is working for her like nobody’s business.

As an aside, anyone else see a little green monster in this?

Chocolate ladies, it’s time we tear a page out of the Sophia Vergara script for our very own adaptation.

–We have amazing hair–let’s own it, embrace it, and get the farmers out to help us grow this stuff long and strong.

–Many of us (boo! not me, but I wish) have hourglass figures that in some cases, are hidden behind fat shields.

–Our bone structure is too die for–let’s learn how makeup accentuates these features.

–We are smart, resourceful and cunning. Let’s use those intellectual gifts to navigate in a world not dominated by us, but one in which we can can control to some degree.

–Let’s be ourselves. Let’s embrace the HEALTHY aspects of our culture and ancestry and not turn away from it. Female descendants  of Africa are SEX-AAAY:

 

 

These are the women you can look at and aspire to look like! You guys, this is huge. Don’t you see how liberating this is?

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Elaine_afromorena1985 39 pts

Actually the only thing that bothers me IS the fact that she works the whole "Hot, spicy Latina" stereotype. However, that hasn't stopped her from being one of my girl crushes though lol.

Soul_Incites 242 pts

I LOVE Sofia Vergara in modern family. She's a breath of fresh air. She knows that Al Bundy (lol, he'll always be Al Bundy to me) married her as a trophy, and yet she REVELS in her trophydom because she's clear about what SHE brings to the table (beyond her beauty!) There is something deliciously subversive about that. I love that she completely goes against the dumb vapid bimbo golddigger stereotype. She's whip smart, funny, caring, confident, feminine, strong, supportive. What a powerful presence that jumps off the screen!

kiki100 305 pts

What? She is married to that guy?

Rosie S 796 pts

kiki100 Only on the show "Modern Family". Not IRL.

Don't worry, I wondered that too.

Joojubee 69 pts

i love Sofia Vegara! she is hilarious! there is nothing wrong with wearing makeup, if it's done right! i keep mine more natural looking, but there is nothing wrong with adding more color, as long as you dont venture into cown territory! Also, you can dress feminine, without showing a whole lot of skin and boobs! just find things that are flattering to your shape, that accenuate the good and hide the bad!

AJ2011 762 pts

I agree with all that but where does the Reebok commercial come in?

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

AJ2011 I think she wants us to find a 'little green monster' somewhere in the vid. I watched and didn't see anything. The only odd thing I saw was that they were shipping Reeboks TO China. That's kind of like shipping Florida orange juice to Florida.

ForestElfQueen 2112 pts

AJ2011Law Wanxi watched it 3x. i'm lost.

color me sublimn'd haha

Hodan 63 pts

beautiful women, yep African women and their descendants are stunning. Sofia Vergara has a grown son whom I first thought was her husband. She has some amazing genes and leads pretty healthy lifestyle to preserve her youthful look.

Karla00 192 pts

Gorgeous pics! I concur we definitely have a lot going on!

edenifill 77 pts

When did it become a crime for women to wear makeup? Where was I? I think it's a way to further express femininity. To me, my face is my canvas and my makeup is artistic as well as being feminine. It's funny to me how typical feminine practices have been discouraged...BTW, here is a blog that talks about makeup geared towards women of colour: http://www.notinmycolour.blogspot.com/

Marcie 257 pts

Went to MAC freebies giveaway in London, met a gorgeous make up artist spanish man.He told me I was beautiful and gave me tips on applying makeup. He applied his magic and then told me to feel confident about myself and go get clothes to accentuate my sexiness. I truly believe him. In my less confident self I would have thought he wanted something in return.......and sexiness equated to nether regions and what can be gotten from the opposite sex, not up in the brain. But now I can feel sexy for me, and with new found confidence what I do, how I dress will radiate that, in a good way of course.

candielady357 84 pts

Chris, don't disparage the pixie cuts........some of us happen to like our short, strong and healthy hair. I've had long hair before, and while I look great with it, it was high maintenance, and frankly, I don't feel the need to have long hair to prove that I can have healthy hair as a black woman. As India.arie says, I am not my hair. And black women need to get over this hair thing, because it's silly. As as far as men preferring long hair, most men will tell that it depends upon the woman. In fact, I get more attention with my Gamine pixie cut than when I had shoulder length hair.

Long hair is Your thing and that's fine, but for some of us, we got better things to be concerned about. And besides, the most beautiful African sisters are the ones with the boy short hair....

I'm just sayin...

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

OK, Chris, all these 'chicas' and 'mamasitas' references. You made me bring this; your fault.

¡Orale, esa Sofia es mi nuevo Huisa!

She's one-half of my Lovely Little Latina bookends! Make a sandwich and put me in it with Sofia and her Kahlua carnala. ¡Watcha! http://youtu.be/kC_mIHpcWqg

[only in LA, Honger Doctor rocking the Caló. ¡OC, rifa! ]

Christelyn 3210 pts moderator

Law Wanxi Le sigh. I love Kaluha. Too bad it's loaded with sugar, and I've just given it up.

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

Christelyn

Simón, esa, you're still mi huisa, too!

Christelyn 3210 pts moderator

Law Wanxi no entiendo--como es una "huisa?"

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

Christelyn

Es la Calle 38 - Downey Caló; Huisa = Ruca = [Español de la escuela] Novia.

Christelyn 3210 pts moderator

Law Wanxi Oh. Glad to know I'm still your girl. lol ;-)

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

Christelyn Just call me Doctoro Chuco Suave, médico de la Pachucada. ;->

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

Christelyn

Here, this explains it via the visuals and real, actual, music made to dance to. You should dance this for your husband, just saying. http://youtu.be/FiZGe9RQXaQ

LA history, love it; more to it than Bill Mulholland, Oil and Hollywood.

Mocha Z 1795 pts

law Wanxi Christelyn Agreed LA history is awesome. After this video, I think I want to take dance lessons. My friends brother is a dance instructer for rich ladies
. Im not rich, but who better than a Latino dance instructer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2GDMyRQmg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Law Wanxi 3328 pts

Mocha Z

As soon as nuntius replies, there will be more rivets, maybe Monday, Tuesday?

Mocha Z 1795 pts

Law WanxiMocha Z Her reply is perfect! Awaiting additional rivets....

MDNA2 419 pts

oops.meant to say "i'm going to try the Iman makeup line".

MDNA2 419 pts

i just left drugstore.com to buy some new makeup for myself....facewise, my best feature is my high cheekbones and my eyes..i'm going to try the iman as far as eyeshadow i'm going for the physician's formula (9 custom shades for $10.99.can't beat that). my maternal grandmother (the one who i'm named after), was "game face on" all the time...that's not me..

xtranicewithit 9 pts

Sofia Vergara is one of the natually most beautiful women in hollywood. Sofia is absolutely gorgeous and a riot on Modern Family, she is the reason i wake up happy "wink wink" every morning.

Mocha Z 1795 pts

Wow! these women are spectacular! There's a site on FB with stunning African women like these. I have just, in the last 4 years or so, stepped up my makeup to include eyeshadow. I am a die hard Urban Decay fan now. their primer and shadows are amazing on the darkest brown skin. Its full pigments shadows are so true to color and stay put with the primer. No greasy creases. To save money, I buy every Book of Shadows and the special 16 color sets. The Naked Palette is my new fav but may not be as great for darker brown skin. If you like rich colors, I recommend their New York Book of shadows which I believe is still available for something like $55.

I dont dress as sexy as I dream about but I'm not sure I would feel comfy doing it. The show that may still be on tv called Single ladies was inspirational as far as sexy fashion. The character"Keisha" was my inspiration. Sanaa Lathan is another gorgeous curvy women who seems to dress nice. I just need more sass to pull of that kid of sexy, lol.

Jay from Philly 665 pts

My wife teases me about my crush on Sofia. But she has a crush on Alexander Skarsgard. Anyway, here's picture of Sofia wearing see-through tights. That behind is EPIC!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/sofia-vergara-see-through-pants_n_1151242.html

Bellatrix79 124 pts

Jay from Philly OMG. I love Alexander Skarsgard. She has excellent taste. Michael Fassbender <3

edenifill 77 pts

Jay from Philly Alexander Skarsgaard is smokin hot!

AvaRay 163 pts

I started wearing more eyeshadow after seeing how good it looks on the black women on these reality shows. Sorry I watch RHOA sometimes and it looks great on them. I get lots of compliments from white men about my eyes. My eyebrows are always done and I am always working my eyeshadow and eyeliner. Eye makeup does wonders for the eyes and a good lipstick.

Lili2009 1216 pts

AvaRay Glad you said that! I am working on a skin regimen and my spring goal is to go to a good counter and get my eyes REALLY done so I know what colors look good.

Rosie S 796 pts

AvaRay Getting your eyebrows done and filling them in makes the face pop. I consider it a basic requirement.

LovingMyself 193 pts

Christelyn "Female descendants of Africa are SEX-AAAY"

Ain't that the freakin' TRUTH! Very proud of my culture and heritage.

Kels 443 pts

I love what you said about makeup. I don't know what it is, but I come across too many black women who don't wanna wear it. Like it's cheating or something. The way some folks talk, wearing makeup is akin to getting your boobs done and a tummy tucked! I was in a cousin's wedding a while back and my cousin had to INSIST and DEMAND that her bridesmaids wear makeup! Some of them really did not want to wear it. They really wanted to walk down the aisle and take their pictures bare faced!

And I know a lot of black men are anti-makeup and I personally believe they are that way because they don't want black women feeling pretty and good about ourselves. I notice these same black men who just hate makeup will have no problem dating a non-black woman who wears it.

Sophia Vergara is a perfect example of how makeup can really turn you into a knockout. She looks totally different without it. Pretty, but in a very simple way. But when she's made up, the woman is a vision!

We need to understand it's cheating or slutty to wear makeup. Every other group of women out there are putting their faces on before they walk out of the door and we need to as well.

Christelyn 3210 pts moderator

Kels I've noticed that, too Kels. What is that? I once dated a guy who met me WITH makeup on, but once we got serious, he guilted me into not wearing it, then belittled me for my bad skin (I had uncontrolled acne at the time). Hmm...

Kels 443 pts

Christelyn On youtube, there's a horrible rant about black women who wear makeup from some ignorant black man. Calling bw all kinds of horrible names simply for doing what other women do, putting on makeup. Calling us fake, calling it trickery, saying if you wear makeup then you are an ugly woman. Just total hatred. And what kind of man makes a video like that? A bitchified jealous one who wants to keep black women in "our place".

Funny how so many black men discourage black women from wearing makeup yet they drool over Kim Kardashian, who wears so much makeup it looks like spackle.

kennaGransberg 141 pts

KelsChristelyn i enjoy watching makeup tutorial videos on youtube esp. the ones made by black women because i see what colours work best for my skin tone and what doesn't. I love seeing, The Island Beauty, coloured beautiful, songbirddiva4life etc.

Toni_M 4842 pts

KelsChristelyn Kim K, who's had a ton of surgery in addition to always being coated with a ton of make-up. Do they *really* think there is anything natural about her at this point?

oekmama 384 pts

Christelyn Kels When I was younger, my Dad would call me 'Hot Lips' whenever he saw me wearing even the briefest swipe of lip gloss. For some reason, I felt awful and ran to get it off.

It wasn't til years later that I realized what all that was about. There's an association in the BC between make up, painted faces, and 'loose girls'/ prostitutes. My thinking is that's where it's coming from.

However you look at it, it's about control over BW sexuality. So if certain folks can get me not to enhance my God-given good looks, then they can pretty much keep me in what they think is my place...

ForestElfQueen 2112 pts

oekmamaChristelyn Kels My parents wouldn't even let me wear any until I was about 15? I was soo upset about that. My dad would say similar things(your associations listed). My mom wears only a little occasionally, but my aunts & great aunts wear it a lot. I always thought it was awesome. I started begging for makeup in elementary school.lolz.

I love makeup from an enhancement POV, covering scars/imperfections, and for the art-looks &colors(I also paint so I think that's part of the attraction for me). Once I got into painting on canvas, I gave my face a break. LOL

Daily, I only wear concealer, eyeliner, and lip balm. ..lipstick for going out, w/maybe more liner... then full on disco/drama/fantasy for Halloween.

Mocha Z 1795 pts

ForestElfQueenoekmamaChristelyn Kels Painting on canvas? Mixed media as well?

ForestElfQueen 2112 pts

Mocha Z yes, canvas over a wood frame... mixed med? hmm, i did one with gold paper & cut out images incorporated w/ the acrylic paint(this was way back when in the 90s)...and another when i was in HS using toothpicks...lolz... I wasn't particularly good, IMO, at it but it just felt really great,... 'the creative flow' and all(oops my california is hanging out LOL.)

I haven't done anything since (you guessed it) the kids, but it's on the list. I miss it soo much. I also want to take a class to learn how to work w/ oil paint.

The Working Home Keeper 1495 pts

oekmama

My oldest sister, who is in her 50s now, will not wear makeup because when she was a teenager my Daddy made fun of her and told her she needed to wash her face. My parents didn't want me wearing makeup either, but my Momma finally agreed to let me wear some when I turned 16yo.

I love makeup and wear it daily. I don't do foundation much anymore - my skin seems to get really oily and feels smothered. I wear eye shadows, eyeliiner, mascara, line my eyebrows (because otherwise I would look like I had none!) and a ruby colored lipstick along with vintage inspired hairstyles and dresses.