Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine, who is running for the Democratic seat on the US , was once crowned queen of a whites-only beauty pageant in in the 1970s, a time when the competition banned people of color and Jews from participating.Trudy Busch Valentine, 64, won the 'Queen of Love and Beauty' crown at the St. Louis Veiled Prophet Ball in 1977, an organization that has been criticized in the past for its racist history and ties to white supremacy.Photos from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch archives revealed in a new report by , show Busch Valentine, who was age 20 at the time, standing beside the 'veiled prophet' - a male member of the organization who covers his face with a white veil similar to white hoods worn by the Ku Klux Klan.
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