Antonio Ferme editorEllie Kemper has responded to backlash about her 1999 involvement in a St. Louis debutante ball with racist origins.A post shared by Ellie Kemper (@elliekemper)After a Twitter user posted about the existence of the Veiled Prophet Ball, others quickly circulated newsletter clippings that showed Kemper’s participation in the event.
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives, Kemper, who was a 19-year-old Princeton University freshman at the time, was crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty at the Veiled Prophet Ball on Dec.
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