Michael Callahan (1963- ) is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of the critically acclaimed novels SEARCHING FOR GRACE KELLY (2015) and THE NIGHT SHE WON MISS AMERICA (2017). His articles have appeared in more than two dozen national magazines, including Departures, Men's Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Town & Country. He lives in Philadelphia.
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Betty Jane Welch reluctantly enters the Miss Delaware contest to make her mother happy and, surprisingly, finds herself to be the judges' choice. Just like that, she's catapulted into the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Her pageant-approved escort ... SEE MORE