Beer heiress running for Democratic Senate nomination was queen of whites-only pageant: report

“…An heiress to the Anheuser-Busch brewery fortune who is running for the Democratic nomination to the US Senate from Missouri was crowed queen of a whites-only beauty pageant in the 1970s, according to a new report by the Intercept.

Trudy Busch Valentine won the “Queen of Love and Beauty” crown at the St. Louis Veiled Prophet Ball in 1977 — during a time when the competition specifically banned people of color and Jews from participating.

Photos unearthed by the outlet show Busch Valentine, who entered the Senate primary on Monday, next to the pageant’s titular “veiled prophet,” who donned a white sheet over his head similar to Ku Klu Klan garb.

The pageant was denounced by “The Office” actress Ellie Kemper last June when it was revealed she had won the same crown in 1999…”