She sporting a very chic high updo hairstyle.
The 22-year-old Venezuelan beauty queen posed for the sexy pictures before signing on as a Miss Universe contestant.
Miss Universe Organisation officials have decided not to penalise Mendoza, claiming the candid photos are “artistic in nature, and they don’t have an ounce of pornographic content to them”.

Usher is once again a mama’s boy professionally, at least.
The R&B star has rehired his mother, Jonnetta Patton, as his manager, the pair said in a statement released to People.com. After parting ways in May 2007, Patton has reclaimed her position from interim manager Benny Medina.
“He wanted her to come back onboard, and she decided to,” an unnamed source told the site. “He had really poor management and wanted her back.”
Usher’s biggest success this year came with the single “Love in This Club,” which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Subsequent singles from the album Here I Stand have failed to crack the top 10.
For his part, Medina defended the sales drop in his own statement to People.
“With an artist like Usher, the bar is set really high. Whether it was management, marketing or the music, we achieved a #1 single and a #1 album,” he said. “It is a completely new day and time in music now. In four years, his audience, demographic and musical direction has changed. Records like Lil Wayne’s ‘Lollipop’ are the type of phenomena that ‘Yeah’ was in 2004.”
Miranda Kerr will have girls seething with jealousy over these pics.
The cute-as-a-button supermodel looked stunning on the runway modelling for fashion designer David Jones’ Summer 2008 Collections Launch in Sydney, Australia.
She rocked a garish pink outfit, complete with an oversized feathered headdress, that was a little reminiscent of Kylie’s Showgirl tour costumes.
Miranda also posed in a not-so-sexy yellow frock and an uber-glitzy number that Mariah Carey would no doubt love to get her mitts on.

The pair had to pucker up for their roles in director Woody Allen’s forthcoming movie “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”
But Johansson admits it was the most awkward of all her onscreen clinches.
She says, “There were 60 crewmen eating salami sandwiches. It really was the least sexy thing you can ever imagine.”
Hilary Duff looks smoking hot walking to and from the set of her new movie, Stay Cool, in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday afternoon.
She underwent quite a transformation after arriving on the set, starting in a two-toned tubetop and denim cutoff shorts, and ending up in a sexy blue ruffly strapless dress.
Michael Lohan - who claims he hasn’t been told about plans for Lindsay to marry DJ Samantha later this year - doubts he will be involved in the ceremony if his daughter does tie the knot.
He said: “I haven’t heard anything about an upcoming wedding from Lindsay, but if she was marrying Sam, I don’t think she’d ask me to walk her down the aisle.
“She knows about my Christian faith - she just wouldn’t ask.”
Michael insists he does support Lindsay’s relationship with Samantha and simply wants her to live a joyful life.
He added: “I want her to be happy and healthy and stay on the right path. If I discuss her relationship, I say that I want her to be happy.”
Last week, it was claimed Lindsay and Samantha were planning to exchange vows at a private Los Angeles ceremony.
It is believed the nuptials could take place in November around the same time Lindsay releases her new album ‘Spirit in the Dark’.
The 22-year-old star has reportedly bought a white Chanel mini-dress for the ceremony, while Samantha - the sister of super-producer Mark Ronson - is said to be toying with the idea of wearing a black trouser suit and top hat.
Britney Spears, along with dad Jamie Spears, made a late appearance at Phil Maloof’s Beverly Hills music-label bash for the Rev Theory band Wednesday night.
The popster arrived around 11:30, as the party was dying down, and held court in a roped-off VIP room at the front of the house.
“It was like an exhibit at a zoo,” says another partygoer, Katie Thiele. “There was a line of people waiting to look in and see the Britney exhibit.”
Britney, wearing a black minidress, seemed to be enjoying herself, despite the party-crashing pap. “She looked great,” Thiele says. “She was chatting with friends. She looked like she was having a good time.”