June 18 (Reuters) - Venus Ramey, who used her victory as Miss America in 1944 to sell war bonds and make appearances on the vaudeville stage, has died at the age of 92, a funeral home in her native Kentucky said on Sunday. New York Post Archives via Getty Images During her reign, Ramey helped to sell war bonds during World War II. Ramey left Kentucky for the U.S. capital in the 1940s to help with the war effort during World War Two and represented the District of Columbia when she was crowned Miss America. During her tenure, she worked with members of Congress to help enact women’s rights legislation, the Miss America organization said. “In addition to a citation from the United States Treasury Department for her work in the War Bond effort, Venus Ramey’s picture was painted on the side of fighter planes,” the organization said on its website.

Source: Huffington Post June 19, 2017 09:00 UTC