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Venus Ramey Murphy (September 26, 1924 – June 17, 2017) was an American beauty pageant contestant, and later an activist. She won the Miss America competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 9, 1944.
4 de jul. de 2017 · Venus Ramey, disenchanted Miss America of 1944, dies at 92. By Emily Langer. July 4, 2017 at 5:53 p.m. EDT. Miss Ramey represented the District of Columbia before being named Miss America in...
7 de dic. de 2018 · Anyone who thought Venus Ramey would stand down, even at age 82, didn’t know her story. Leaning on her walker, the elderly Ramey drew a .38 revolver and pointed it at the man.
Instead of spending all her time flogging products, she became the first Miss America to become a political activist, also championing women’s rights and voting rights for DC residents. She...
20 de jun. de 2017 · Ramey was the first redhead to win the pageant and gave up a movie career to help sell war bonds. She also ran a tobacco farm, saved a historic neighborhood and shot a pickup truck of intruders.
19 de jun. de 2017 · Venus Ramey, who used her victory as Miss America in 1944 to sell war bonds and make appearances on the vaudeville stage, has died at the age of 92, a funeral home in her native Kentucky...
19 de jun. de 2017 · ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Venus Ramey, a former Miss America who helped rally the nation during World War II and found renewed fame later in life by shooting out the tires of intruders at her Kentucky farm, has died. She was 92. The 1944 Miss America died Saturday, according to the Morris and Hislope Funeral Home in Science Hill, Kentucky. Ramey was the first redhead to win the Miss America ...
