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Yes, The Office’s Ellie Kemper Was Beauty Queen of a Racist Ball—and She Was Escorted by a Bush

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The “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star was Queen of the Veiled Prophet Ball as a teen in 1999. It was founded by a Confederate soldier but its ties to the KKK are tenuous at best.