

Mercedes came from a Spanish-Mexican household and swore she was the awkward girl nobody looked twice at in high school. She even popped up on Jenny Jones’ old “Geek to Chic” bit so viewers could laugh at the before-and-after. After dropping out, she bounced through Denny’s, OfficeMax, and a bookstore before bartending gigs opened the door to bikini modeling for Budweiser and those Tejano calendars. One newspaper ad later she was naked on a stage at Heartbreakers. The judges smiled wide: Miss Nude North America and Miss Nude International in 2001, Miss Nude Universe in 2003. Between titles she flashed across every men’s magazine you could stuff in a gym bag—Penthouse June 2000, dual Hustler Honey spreads six months apart, covers on Club International, Fox, Gent, D-Cup, the whole glossy rack. AVN tossed her some nomination nods for anal, acting, and girl-on-girl pile-ups, and F.A.M.E. kept handing her the “Most Luscious Latina” trophy three years running. Somewhere between the flashbulbs she had her ass surgically upgraded—because, hey, if you’re gonna headline, might as well arrive with the upgraded package.

Mercedes came from a Spanish-Mexican household and swore she was the awkward girl nobody looked twice at in high school. She even popped up on Jenny Jones’ old “Geek to Chic” bit so viewers could laugh at the before-and-after. After dropping out, she bounced through Denny’s, OfficeMax, and a bookstore before bartending gigs opened the door to bikini modeling for Budweiser and those Tejano calendars. One newspaper ad later she was naked on a stage at Heartbreakers. The judges smiled wide: Miss Nude North America and Miss Nude International in 2001, Miss Nude Universe in 2003. Between titles she flashed across every men’s magazine you could stuff in a gym bag—Penthouse June 2000, dual Hustler Honey spreads six months apart, covers on Club International, Fox, Gent, D-Cup, the whole glossy rack. AVN tossed her some nomination nods for anal, acting, and girl-on-girl pile-ups, and F.A.M.E. kept handing her the “Most Luscious Latina” trophy three years running. Somewhere between the flashbulbs she had her ass surgically upgraded—because, hey, if you’re gonna headline, might as well arrive with the upgraded package.