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Ellie Kemper is trending on Twitter? I’ll tell ya why, because she has been linked to a pageant that allegedly has a very racist origin story.
Fans dug up an article by The Atlantic from 2014 that reveals she entered and won a debutante ball back in 1999 called the Veiled Prophet Ball when she was 19. The annual event is held in St. Louis and its name was changed to Fair Saint Louis in 1992.
The club itself allegedly has a history of racism as Black members were not allowed to join the organisation until 1979.
According to the article, it was founded by “wealthy white elites” back in 1877 and “emphasised the existing power structure.”
What s Going On With Ellie Kemper And The Veiled Prophet Ball?
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A photo has been circulating of Ellie Kemper at 19 when she was nominated the Queen of Love and Beauty at the Fair Saint Louis, an event with a controversial racial background.
The Lede
The photo of Kemper, who hails from a wealthy and prominent family in Missouri, is from the 1999 Fair Saint Louis, at which she was named the Queen of Love and Beauty. Though it looks like a generic pageant, critics have pointed out that the Fair Saint Louis was once known as the Veiled Prophet Ball, an exclusive event for white people. As a 2014 Atlantic article notes, the Veiled Prophet Ball emphasized the existing power structure when it debuted in 1878.
Ellie Kemper began trending on Twitter because someone unearthed a picture of her being crowned Queen Of Love And Beauty in 1999 at a ball that has racist roots.
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