Venus Ramey (September 26, 1924 ? June 17, 2017) was an American beauty pageant contest, and later an activist. She won the Miss America competition in 1944. She was born in Ashland, Kentucky . ^[1]

Ramey left Kentucky to work for the war effort in Washington, D.C. , and won the Miss District of Columbia pageant and then became Miss America in 1944. She was the first red-haired contestant to win the title. ^[2]

Ramey died on June 17, 2017 in Science Hill, Kentucky at the age of 92. ^[3]

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