Post by petrolino on Jun 18, 2017 17:00:31 GMT
Venus Ramey has passed away at the age of 92. Ramey was born in Ashland, Kentucky on September 26th, 1924. At the 18th Miss America beauty pageant, she was crowned Miss America in 1944. She was courted by Hollywood to appear in 'My Girl Tisa' (1948) as she was popular with the armed forces and sang and danced in theatre productions. Ramey resisted the lure of Tinseltown and found politics was her true calling. She would later help restore and rejuvenate Over-the-Rhine historic buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio. She returned home to Kentucky to run a farm and saw out her final years in relative quietude, occasionally spotted out on her tractor. Hers was a remarkable life lived.
Venus Ramey Rest in Peace