Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LAS VEGAS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Filmdom had "The Dirty Dozen," but the Mormons have the "Devout Dozen," 12 male missionaries posing shirtless for a 2008 calendar. Twelve good-looking Mormons missionaries defied the stereotype of suit-wearing, bike-riding, door-to-door disciples by posing bare-chested in the inaugural "Men on a Mission" calendar, Mormons Exposed announced Thursday. Advertisement “Behind the eye-candy, this calendar has a deeper story -- one that can reshape perceptions ... and perhaps inspire a broadened acceptance of human and religious diversity,” says Chad Hardy, co-founder of Mormons Exposed, based in Las Vegas, and producer of the Men on a Mission calendar. The "Men on a Mission" calendar highlights missionary work the models performed, such as helping the poor, feeding the hungry and building schools and homes, Hardy said. Each missionary who posed for the calendar can donate a portion of the proceeds to a cause in the area he served. “The calendar is more about people than it is about religion," Hardy said.
