Before There Was Joe, There Was Jose: See Sofia Vergara’s 1991 Wedding Photos With Her First Husband

Dec. 31 2014, Published 2:24 p.m. ET
As Hollywood buzzes about Sofia Vergara’s engagement to Joe Manganiello, RadarOnline.com takes a look back at the Modern Family’s beauty’s wedding to first husband Jose Luis Gonzalez, which took place in Barranquilla, Colombia back in 1991.


Vergara, only 18 at the time, hold a bouquet of flowers with a hesitant look on her face.

The Colombian beauty and Jose Luis, known as Joe, pepper one other with kisses in this passionate moment.

The now A-lister already had cracked her foot in show business door, as she started modeling a year earlier, and even snagged a role in a racy Pepsi ad.

The comely couple would welcome son Manolo a year later, in Sept. 1992.

Unfortunately, the honeymoon was short-lived, as the coupe would split up two years later in 1993.


Thankfully, they’ve remained on such amiable terms, it would come as little surprise to see Jose in the pews when Sofia exchanges vows with Manganiello.

Regardless of if it’s 1991, 2001 or 2015, Sofia remains one of Hollywood’s most stunning women, a true timeless beauty.