Sofia Vergara: My Publicist Told Me to Get a Breast Reduction

It took a long time for Sofia Vergara to feel comfortable with her 34 DD cup size.

"When I moved to America, I was more voluptuous, and I felt a little different," the "Modern Family" star tells the December issue of Health, on sale Nov. 18. "My publicist [at the time] told me, 'I think you should just reduce your boobs because nobody's going to take you seriously here."

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Vergara, 39, says her mother "almost had a heart attack" when she considered getting a breast reduction.

"She was like, 'God is going to punish you! You can't cut your boobs!'" Vergara recalls. "I don't regret not doing it, because now it's become a big part of [my character on 'Modern Family']."

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Still, the Colombian actress admits her body insecurities began long before she relocated to Hollywood.

"Not everybody's confident their whole life. For a long time, I thought that my boobs were too big. I was, like, 14 years old, and I already had these huge boobs. I was very skinny also," she explains. "And now that I'm almost 40, we always have our insecurities as women. We're never happy!"

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Vergara, who's been dating Florida businessman Nick Loeb for nearly two years, says she eventually came to appreciate her body.

"I'm a Latin woman: I'm voluptuous, I'm loud, I'm exactly what a Latin woman is," she tells Health. "I prefer to be called that than, 'You're boring; you have a flat ass!'"

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