Vanessa Hudgen's Latest Naked Pictures ARE Genuine

Vanessa Hudgens' legal representative has confirmed that her latest batch of candid nudes are genuine.

Self-portraits of the High School Musical starlet posing naked in front of a mirror with only some gold tinsel covering her lady-bits surfaced online yesterday.

Outlets that posted the pictures have been contacted by Vanessa's lawyers, who requested their removal on the grounds that the now 20-year-old actress/singer was underage at the time they were taken.

This is, of course, not the first time Vanessa has had her intimate photos 'leaked' online.

Back in 2007, full-frontal pictures of the starlet - reportedly taken to titillate boyfriend Zac Efron - appeared on the internet.

She said after that episode: "It was extremely hard. I made a mistake and I am very sorry about it. But everybody makes mistakes. It was supposed to be a private thing.

"My family and friends were so supportive about it. I don't think I could have got through it without them."

Vanessa arrives at a TV taping of Jimmy Kimmell Live in Hollywood yesterday, as news of her latest nude photo scandal breaks

Interestingly, in early 2008 there were mutterings of a 'festive' sex tape starring Vanessa and Zac.

It never materialised but these latest pictures suggest there may have been something to the rumours after all.

Vanessa and Zac