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Vergara was married at the age of 18 to her childhood sweetheart, and she gave birth to her son Manolo Gonzalez-Ripoll Vergara September 16, 1992 at the age of 20. The couple divorced later. In 2002, she was diagnosed and treated for thyroid cancer. Vergara has been nominated for a Prime time Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.