Nina Mercedez

Mercedez's family background is a combination of Spanish and Mexican, "all the way to the Aztec Indians".

She claims she was neither popular nor attractive as a teenager; she appeared on a segment of The Jenny Jones Show titled "From Geek To Chic" contrasting her "then and now" appearance. She dropped out of school and worked a variety of jobs, including Denny's, OfficeMax, and Barnes & Noble.

She later became a bartender and worked as a Budweiser swimsuit model and Tejano calendar girl. Answering an ad in the newspaper, she began stripping at a club called Heartbreakers.
After a few years working as a dancer, she was photographed for the June 2000 issue of Penthouse. Around this time, she also began entering nude pageants. She won "Miss Nude North America" and "Miss Nude International" in 2001, "Exotic Dancer/Entertainer of the Year" in 2002, and "Miss Nude Universe" in 2003. She also has been named for two fame awards for best breasts and best body.

Mercedez has been seen in every major men's magazine such as Penthouse (June 2000). Mercedez has made Hustler Honey centerfold twice in six months (August 2004) and (Holiday issue 2003), Club International cover (December 2003), Fox cover and centerfold (Holiday 2003), Club magazine centerfold (November 2003), and the covers of Club International, Busty, Gent, D-Cup, Playtime, Xcitement, Exotic Dancer Directory and AVN magazine (May 2003). You can catch her in the pages of Penthouse Australia, Score, Genesis, Busty and Cheri magazine in 2004 and 2005.

She has hit all corners of mainstream including acting appearances in the Fox series Skin, The Anna Nicole Show, Pony shoes Model, a regular in Muscular Development magazine including the cover of the May 2003 issue and a 20 page spread, magazine appearances in Men's Fitness, King Access, Blender, the New York Times, and many more. Mercedez was one of the featured porn stars in the documentary series Porn Valley, which followed the operations of the porn studio Vivid.

Mercedez has lots of products out dedicated only to her like her own action figure from Plastic Fantasy, and a mold of her pussy and ass sold by Doc Johnson along with her own line of dildos. Mercedez is also featured in the Vivie comic book series and is a co-author of the book How to Have a XXX Sex Life.
* Mercedez has a (colored) tattoo of a coiled snake on her lower right abdomen. It covers a horizontal scar
* Nina starred in a short lived TV series about the porn industry called Skin
* In 2001 Nina was nominated for 2003 AVN Best Starlet award
* She entered WWE's $250,000 RAW Diva Search 2004