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Makeup artist Justina Brittain, left, model Brandon Romain, center, and photographer Shane O'Neal, right, work in a Las Vegas studio during a photo shoot for a controversial calendar of Mormon missionaries. Chad Hardy, an entrepreneur and lapsed Mormon, has created a stir with his hunky calendar.

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( Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times )

Makeup artist Justina Brittain, left, model Brandon Romain, center, and photographer Shane O'Neal, right, work in a Las Vegas studio during a photo shoot for a controversial calendar of Mormon missionaries. Chad Hardy, an entrepreneur and lapsed Mormon, has created a stir with his hunky calendar.

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