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Lasandra Cooley, 28, left, helps Shelia Kenny, 40, with her makeup just before the dance routine at the second annual Miss Independence Day Pageant at Walden House, a residential treatment center for women halfway between prison and the daunting rest of their lives.

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( Carlos Chavez / Los Angeles Times )

Lasandra Cooley, 28, left, helps Shelia Kenny, 40, with her makeup just before the dance routine at the second annual Miss Independence Day Pageant at Walden House, a residential treatment center for women halfway between prison and the daunting rest of their lives.

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