CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former Miss Kentucky who admitted
to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was
working as a West Virginia school teacher has been sentenced to
prison. News outlets report 29-year-old Ramsey BethAnn Bearse
received her two-year sentence in Kanawha County Circuit Court on
Tuesday. The former middle school educator pleaded guilty to one
count of possessing material depicting minors in sexually explicit
conduct in 2019. Authorities said Bearse admitted to exchanging
photos with the student on Snapchat between August and October
2018. Bearse was crowned Miss Kentucky in 2014 in the Miss
America pageant. She said Tuesday that she accepted “full
responsibility” for her actions.
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2014 file photo, Miss Kentucky Ramsey Carpenter participates in the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. Bearse, crowned Miss Kentucky in 2014 under her maiden name of Carpenter, who admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was working as a West Virginia school teacher, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. She was also sentenced to an additional 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender for life, according to Kanawha Assistant Prosecutor Meshell Jarrett. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Former Miss Kentucky sentenced for exchanging explicit photos with student
Jul 17, 2020 | 8:00 AM
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