 Actress Ellie Kemper is being raked over the social media equivalent of the coals for winning a 1999 pageant sponsored by a St. Louis-based organization that has been accused of denying membership to the citys Black and Jewish populations. What To Know: Kemper was a 19-year-old Princeton University student when she was presented as a debutante at the 1999 Veiled Prophet Ball, an annual event sponsored by the Veiled Prophet Organization. 