Before she was famous, Bikini girl Sofia Vergara works up a sweat in racy Nineties commercial for a fitness club

She rose to fame as the sassy Colombian bombshell on hit TV show Modern Family. But before her acting career took off in the U.S., Sofia Vergara modelled in several television commercials including this one - for Bally's Total Fitness. In the raunchy and revealing ad, shot back in 1998, Sofia, 38, shows off her amazing body along with her naturally blonde hair.

A TV commercial from 1998 starring a then unknown Sofia Vergara has surfaced

The Colombian-born actress began her career as a model and showed off her amazing physique during the 60 second commercial

The star, who was just 26 at the time, can be seen working out in the gym, cycling on a stationary bike and then taking part in a dance class. Wearing tight fitting and revealing gym gear the actress flaunted her enviable curves as she cruised her way through the gym.

She is then seen showing off the results of her hard work in a tiny black string bikini while showering before heading t hang out around a swimming pool. Her naturally blonde hair made her look completely different to the long dark brown waves we are used to seeing on her currently. Last year the actress discussed dying her hair darker with Self Magazine.

Sofia has naturally fair hair, which she dyes dark brown

In the clip Sofia is seen working out on the machines, taking a dance class and then flashing her body in a bikini round the swimming pool'

I'm a natural blonde, but when I started acting, I would go to auditions, and they didn't know where to put me because I was voluptuous and had the accent - but I had blonde hair, admitted the Colombian born star. 'The moment I dyed my hair dark, it was, 'Oh, she's the hot Latin girl.' I loved it ... Being brunette toned me down a bit.' Despite showing off her assets during the commercial, Sofia also admitted she wasn't always happy with her body.

'I wanted surgery. I told my mom, 'As soon as I'm older, please take these boobs away. I'm a 34 DD. It's hard to dress. No matter what I wear, I look like a stripper.' But her feelings changed as she got older and she now embraces her curves. 'I'm grateful I have them, and honestly, they've helped me a lot in my career. And I've always felt sexy.'

Two years after the commercial was shot, Sofia began landing bit parts on American TV shows

The star was the face of Bally's Gym

Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family

Trim On Tap

The best way to catch a buzz without the belly

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AMSTEL LIGHT 95 cals/5 g carbs

BEST PART This Amsterdam native has won American hearts--it's one of the top imported beers in the U.S.

TESTER SAYS "Thicker, smoother, and not as wimpy as most light beers, but a little tangy."

VERDICT Our go-to -option at upscale bars.

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BECK'S PREMIER LIGHT 64 cals/3.9 g carbs

BEST PART This German ale has the fewest calories of any we tested.

TESTERS SAY Mixed reviews, from "One of the tastier of the bunch" to "It tastes like it came straight out of a fraternity keg."

VERDICT Have an Amstel Light and burn off the extra calories dancing.

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BUDWEISER SELECT 99 cals/3.1 g carbs

BEST PART It has half the carbs of party favorite Bud Light.

TESTER SAYS "Well--balanced flavor, but a little watered down."

VERDICT If you're already a Bud girl, you'll enjoy this lighter version.

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COORS LIGHT 102 cals/5 g carbs

BEST PART Because Coors Brewing Company sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, some of the freshest waters are used in its brews.

TESTER SAYS "Tastes like flat Bud Light."

VERDICT It isn't worth a swig. There are better beers that are lower in calories and carbs.

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CORONA LIGHT 99 cals/5 g carbs

BEST PART Often served with a lime wedge, this Mexico-brewed cerveza is light and golden, like a morning in Tulum.

TESTER SAYS "Not bad for a light beer, but very carbonated, with a persistent aftertaste."

VERDICT Gets better after the third round.

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HEINEKEN PREMIUM LIGHT 99 cals/6.8 g carbs

BEST PART The clear label is pretty slick.

TESTERS SAY Mixed reviews, from "Tastes like watered-down ginger ale" to "This is my favorite brew so far."

VERDICT For us, the bottle stood out more than the flavor.

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MILLER CHILL 110 cals/6.5 g carbs

BEST PART It's inspired by the chelada, a south-of-the-border beer cocktail made with a splash of fresh lime and rimmed with salt.

TESTER SAYS "A happy, zippy, beach beer--citrusy and refreshing."

VERDICT The perfect brew for boozing it up at the beach.

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MILLER LITE 96 cals/3.2 g carbs

BEST PART The first mainstream light beer.

TESTER SAYS "Nasty."

VERDICT Avoid at all costs.

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O'DOULS 65 CALS/13.3 G CARBS

BEST PART No hangover (it's alcohol-free).

TESTER SAYS "Are you sure this is beer?"

VERDICT Fit for Grandma.

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SAM ADAMS LIGHT 119 cals/9.6 g carbs

BEST PART Crisp, with a hint of orange.

TESTER SAYS "Hearty, but a little bitter."

VERDICT On the high side for calories and carbs, but worth it.

Air Jordan - Retro Low Phat - Fall 2008 Releases

Air Jordan Shoes

We can see 6 colorways of the Air Jordan Shoes which will all release at same point between the months of October, November and December. 3 models will be released next month in October, another 1 in November and the final 2 being original Air Jordan 1 colorways releasing in December.

The Grand Marnier Tan

Bath & Body Works

First off, it smells like a delicious cocktail made with Grand Marnier and coconut. Seriously! Straight out of the tube, the scent is 100% orange liqueur, and as you spread it on, the tropical coconut makes its appearance. I seriously think there is a cocktail recipe in the works here.Strike Gold has a gel texture, and like many tinted gel tanners, looks a lot darker in your hand than on the skin. It spreads easily and coats your bod in just a light veil of instant color, taking the edge off the pale without turning you orange. The shimmer is noticeable, but only up close, and not so much that it would incite a call from the HR department if you came to work wearing it.An even, golden tan develops, predictably, within a few hours. I had no issues with blotches or streaks, mostly because Strike Gold spreads remarkably well.This spreadability, however, is also the product's only downfall. While it's very emollient on the skin, it takes FOREVER to dry! I'd recommend waiting a full hour before getting dressed, especially if the weather outside is warm or humid. Standing in front of the air conditioner definitely helps.In tint, intensity, texture, and drying time, Strike Gold is a very close cousin to beauty editor favorite Lancome Flash Bronzer Self Tan For Legs. So if you like the emollient feel of the Lancome and don't mind the drying time, you might want to give this one a try as well!

ESPN Slaps NBC on the Butt

Jock Knods

In the far off year of 2014, the Olympics might leave their home at NBC and arrive at ESPN। But for the next four years, through 2012, Jeff Zucker's network has the exclusive broadcast rights. And the possibility of them changing hands is a big maybe — IOC officials are beyond pleased with the ratings records NBC Universal's slate of networks captured, which means you can expect their fees to increase from 2008's $894 million.

Will EPSN have the cash? Perhaps। Parent Disney has the bucks to have a seat at the table, and the media giant has its own roster of channels, including ABC, ABC Family, SoapNet, The Disney Channel, and ESPN's endless spin-offs, to rack up new programming hour records.

But none of that really explains why ESPN decided to run this ad in the New York Times and USA Today। Though it doesn't mention NBC, it certainly congratulates the competition on a job well done, turning Michael Phelps' swim meets into a national obsession.

So here's to self deprecation. And the mystery behind it.

Pfizer Is the Leading Expert In Getting Around Prescription Drug Advertising Rules

Ask your doctor

Drug maker Pfizer is responsible for saving, let's say, millions of lives। Many of their drugs do really nice things for people, like help them go to the bathroom, keep complicated breast cancer survivors chugging along, and let old people and party boys get it on. But like any pill pusher, Pfizer cares more about its bottom line than patient health, which is why they're such an easy case study for Ways The Pharmaceutical Industry Misleads The Public.

The two big examples making the most-emailed rounds arrive by way of the Wall Street Journal, which likely means Big Pharma isn't depositing the proper toll in Rupert Murdoch's advertising coffers.

Though certainly not the only company guilty of the practice, Pfizer gets fingered for exploiting a loophole in how the Food and Drug Administration regulates pill advertising। When pushing color-coded candy on America, drug makers must list the known serious side effects that can result in patients taking their drug. (In recent years, the FDA appears to have made them slow down the delivery of their dialogue, which means no more fast-talking their way through "may cause heart attacks or strokes" and "do not take if you're pregnant or trying to get pregnant.") But rather than spend 30 of their 60 seconds — and, thus, half their ad budget — telling television audiences about how their drug can be bad for you, Pfizer instead runs an ad talking about whatever condition it happens to have a drug for. Let's take smoking, for example. Pfizer makes the quit-smoking drug Chantix, which has been linked to everything from drowsiness to suicidal tendencies. This is not the sort of thing Pfizer might want to tell you about on the TV, so it put together a veritable PSA about how to quit smoking. Visit the website mentioned in the ad and, look at that, there's some information about Chantix — with the fine print more easily subdued and less noticeable. Brilliant! Also, some say: deceitful! (The website is mytimetoquit.com, but we're opting not to link to it.) Last year, Pfizer sold $883 million worth of Chantix, so you can imagine the fiscal logic here.

The other shady television advertising practice that Pfizer engages in, or used to, is the use of misleading statements delivered by medical professionals। Except to push heart drug and best-selling prescription medication Lipitor, the doctor Pfizer used — Robert Jarvik, the inventor of the artificial heart — wasn't even a practicing physician. This led to unwanted attention from Congress and the medical community, who saw Pfizer trying to trick people into thinking a M.D. who knows something about the heart was actively prescribing the drug he was recommending you take. How to get around it? By enlisting an Average Joe to make the pitch. New Pfizer ads for Lipitor look the same, but the guy shilling for the drug is different; he's John Erlendson, a California talent agent who wasn't taking Lipitor when he had a heart attack — and boy does he wish he had! Though it faces increasing competition from generic heart drugs, Pfizer sold $12.7 billion worth of Lipitor last year.

Can we really blame Pfizer for its advertising practices? Sure, but that'd be like blaming capitalism for all the world's woes. The FDA sets the rules for drug advertising, and it should be expected that a company with a market cap of nearly $130 billion is going to do everything in its power to get around the rules if it means buffering the bottom line. So how to keep companies like Pfizer honest? Stop crossing our fingers thinking they'll do it on their own — and start valuing patient health more than shareholder interests by passing stricter advertising rules.

Perhaps Reporters Weren't Impressed With the New WSJ. Because They Don't Earn Enough to Be in the Target Audience

Portion of a breakfast

Doesn't Tina Gaudoin know not to serve food during the talking portion of a breakfast — the portion where you want attendees to pay attention to whatever it you're going to be showing on the overhead? Perhaps that explains why the journalists at this morning's meeting to unveil the Wall Street Journal's new glossy — the obnoxiously punctuated WSJ। — weren't paying attention. Or maybe it was because Gaudoin showed them the cover of the magazine: A model wearing a dress made out of the Wall Street Journal. If the meta joke — "We crumpled together all the dignity at the newspaper and came up with this crap!" — fell flat on reporters, just think of all the readers with average household incomes of $265,000 who won't be won over.

New York Sun Sets

Tomorrow's paper

Unable to raise enough cash to stay afloat, conservative rag The New York Sun is shuttering. Not even seven years after launch, founder Seth Lipsky finds himself closing down the daily rag, which is burning through some $1 million a month. And without new investors and a balance sheet $70 million in the red, there appears little other choice. (Maybe Bloomberg will buy it?) An announcement is expected in tomorrow's paper, but Internet wizards that they are, they've posted it online already.

Amazon and TiVo Present: BUY. IT. NOW.

The laziness of the future, today!

Taking a cue from the zombie-aliens in They Live, Amazon and TiVo teamed up to present to you the easiest way to become a mindless drone in a system of rampant consumerism.

Introducing Buy। It. Now.

When your favorite author is promoting his or her newest book on a talk show, no need to write a reminder, with a few clicks of the remote control it will be delivered to your door, via Amazon।com. Viewers will be also be able to search for DVDs, books, and other items based on their favorite TV shows, without missing a second of programming.

Both terrifying and awesome, the Orwellian implications of Buy It Now (which will hopefully go through a name-change) are endless; next time you're watching Oprah, you just wave you magic TiVo wand near the screen and hope that you just purchased the newest item from her book club, A New Earth, and not front row seats to at Cher and Tina Turner concert at Caesars Palace, because there was a too-quick cut to the celebrity interview portion of today's broadcast। Or god forbid, you accidentally order Elizabeth Hasselback's sense of entitlement, which would probably max out your Visa.

It's a little wonky that it's taken the relatively small TiVo brand to partner up with Amazon for this life-changing innovation. The giant cable operators like Time Warner and Comcast are kicking themselves for all those years when they made people spend their precious TV ad time physically moving away from the screen.

JC Penny Wants You!

To buy their cheap clothes

Sears' most recent ad campaign of a High School Musical collection failed to attract the coveted macho (but still letting mom pick out their shirts) demographic. To counteract the prissiness, the brand has signed a deal with the U.S. Army that will allow the insignia of the troops to be placed on civilian apparel for the first time, making it even easier for teens in the Midwest to jump from mallrat to Iraqi target, since shooting guns and driving SUVs around in baggy pants is the same no matter what continent you're on. And Generation Kill made it look like so much fun.
Usually the impetus for joining the Army has something to do with patriotism or financial straits; turning it into a fashion statement is diabolically genius in a way only mid-range affordable department stores can be. (By the way, that sound you hear isn't gunshots, but the noise Chico's executives make as they vigorously slap their hands to their foreheads for not thinking of the idea first.)
Hey, at least it's for a good cause: Money from the "authentic lifestyle reinterpretations" line will go towards Sears' "Heroes at Home" program, which provides house renovations to military families. For a down payment of $11.99 today, you can get a return investment as soon as your kid goes off to war, dies, and leaves you with a broken home. Success!

Hurricanes Target Southern U.S., Your Credit Cards

Marketing opportunities

Perhaps you've been made aware that these two things called Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Hanna are attacking Americans like a pair of terrorists, squashing homes, tearing up roadways, and taking aim at our oil fields। Ike is headed to South Florida and the Gulf of Mexico while Hanna is headed to the Carolinas to punish us for embracing gay marriage. So you know what this weather-related tragedy is perfect for?

A marketing opportunity।

Underwear website Nuwear.com — think International Male, but only for skivvies — just alerted customers to its "Hurricane Sale 10% Off Everything at Nuwear.com." Be sure to use promo code "Hanna"!