Sofia Vergara beams in her trademark ripped blue jeans after lunch with friends in Beverly Hills

Sofia Vergara beams in snake-print cape and her trademark ripped blue jeans after enjoying lunch with friends in Beverly Hills

After her first day as the newest judge on America’s Got Talent, Sofia Vergara celebrated her new gig by dining with friends in Beverly Hills.  

Just one day after the Colombian actress appeared on the NBC talent show for the first time, she appeared elated to join friends for lunch at Italian restaurant Il Pastaio on Tuesday. 

While departing the celebrity hotspot, the 47-year-old Modern Family beamed, as she waited for her car at valet. 

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Feeling good: After her first day as the newest judge on America’s Got Talent, Sofia Vergara celebrated her new gig by dining with friends in Beverly Hills on Tuesday 

The bombshell, who is married to True Blood alum Joe Manganiello, appeared in great spirits, as she was snapped wearing her trademark ripped blue jeans, a pair of towering black heels and studded sunglasses. 

The mother-of-one paired her cropped light-wash denim bottoms with a strapless black tank and an eye-catching snake-print cape coat. 

For her outing, Vergara carried a massive black Chanel bag and kept her long brown tresses pin-straight. 

Trendy: The bombshell was snapped wearing her trademark ripped blue jeans, a pair of towering black heels and studded pair of eye-catching, studded sunglasses

 Trendy: The bombshell was snapped wearing her trademark ripped blue jeans, a pair of towering black heels and studded pair of eye-catching, studded sunglasses

While closing the end of her hit ABC sitcom Modern Family after 11 seasons has been emotional, Vergara is thrilled about her judging gig. 

‘I thought it was the perfect opportunity to do something different after 10 years of such a fantastic TV show. I didn’t think I was going to get something like that, but I think it’s better to mix it up for a while,’ she told Extra on Saturday. 

‘I think I am going to have a lot of fun,’ she added. 

'I thought it was the perfect opportunity to do something different after 10 years of such a fantastic TV show. I didn't think I was going to get something like that, but I think it's better to mix it up for a while,' she told Extra of her gig on America's Got Talent

‘I thought it was the perfect opportunity to do something different after 10 years of such a fantastic TV show. I didn’t think I was going to get something like that, but I think it’s better to mix it up for a while,’ she told Extra of her gig on America’s Got Talent

New judge: Vergara joins longtime AGT personality Heidi Klum on the judging panel along with Simon Cowell and Howie Mandel

New judge: Vergara joins longtime AGT personality Heidi Klum on the judging panel along with Simon Cowell and Howie Mandel

Vergara joins longtime AGT personality Heidi Klum on the judging panel along with Simon Cowell and Howie Mandel.

The German model and TV personality, 46, had taken a hiatus on the main show where she’d been a judge from 2013 to 2018 to serve two seasons on the spin-off AGT: Champions.

She and Vergara replace Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough who were hired as judges for season 14 and then fired once the season ended.