Ramsey Carpenter-Bearse | |
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Born | Ramsey BethAnn Carpenter December 15, 1990 [1] |
Education | University of Kentucky (B.A.) |
Spouse | Charles "Chas" Bearse (m. 2016) |
Height | About 5 ft 6 in |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Kentucky 2014 |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Green |
Major competition(s) |
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Ramsey BethAnn Carpenter-Bearse (born December 15, 1990) is a registered sex offender, American beauty pageant titleholder, and former teacher. She was named Miss Kentucky 2014 on July 12, 2014, and competed for the title of Miss America 2015, [2] [3] where she won the preliminary talent competition [3] and placed in the Top 12 as a semi-finalist. Her platform issue was multiple sclerosis awareness. [4]
In July 2020, Carpenter-Bearse was sentenced to two years in prison for exchanging explicit photographs with a minor. [5]
Carpenter-Bearse is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts degree in special education with a focus on learning and behavior disorders. [4] An accomplished bluegrass fiddle player, she participated in musical competitions at festivals and other venues while in high school and college. [2] Known as "the girl with the green fiddle", she began playing the instrument at age 15. [3]
Carpenter-Bearse was named Miss Kentucky 2014 on July 12, 2014. She competed for the title of Miss America 2015, [2] [3] where she won the preliminary talent competition [3] and placed in the Top 12 as a semi-finalist. Her platform issue was multiple sclerosis awareness. [4] Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2010, she has served as a spokeswoman for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. [6]
After her beauty competition career, Carpenter-Bearse began teaching science at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. On December 7, 2018, Carpenter-Bearse was arrested for allegedly sending topless photos to a 15-year-old boy, a former student of hers in the Kanawha County School District. She was charged with four felony counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to minors. Carpenter-Bearse testified that the matter started when she tried to send a photo to her husband, but accidentally sent it to the teen, who thereafter asked for more photos and she was "afraid to not appease him." [7] A year later, she pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession of material depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct. [8] In July 2020, she was sentenced to two years imprisonment, ten years supervised release, and registering as a lifetime sex offender. [5] [9]
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