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The 2025 Miss Maine pageant will characteristic Bill Belichick's 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, looking to declare nan crown aft finishing arsenic runner-up past year.
But if nan early instrumentality voting is immoderate indication, Hudson could beryllium successful statement for a little finish.
The online vote, which allows nan nationalist to ballot for a favourite contestant for $1 per vote, showed Hudson measurement down for first spot pinch conscionable complete 220 votes astatine nan clip of publication. The exemplary who wins nan online ballot will besides triumph nan People’s Choice Award and an automatic introduction into nan pageant's semifinals.
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Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson astatine nan 14th Annual NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre Feb. 6, 2025, successful New Orleans. (Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)
Ahead of Hudson is Isabelle St. Cyr pinch complete 440 votes astatine nan clip of publication. St. Cyr is nan first transgender exemplary to compete successful nan Miss Maine title successful its history aft antecedently winning nan section Miss Monson USA pageant successful the Maine municipality of Monson.
"When I started cheerleading I had each nan likelihood stacked against me," St. Cyr wrote successful a March 25 Facebook post. "So overmuch pushback, truthful galore group telling maine it wasn't a abstraction for me. But I fought for what I loved and I ended up being a very successful cheerleader, winning authorities and nationalist titles and inspiring group to subordinate moreover if they hadn't been doing it their full life.
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"I consciousness a akin trajectory successful my ongoing travel pinch pageants. I judge I person everything it takes to beryllium Miss Maine USA and I cognize that nary magnitude of acquisition tin lucifer a existent passion and thrust to execute something."
Maine has been a battleground for nan ongoing nationalist conflict betwixt bluish authorities officials and nan national authorities complete nan rumor of trans athletes successful women's and girls sports since February.
Gov. Janet Mills and acquisition officials person taken a difficult guidelines to alteration trans inclusion amid immense national unit by President Donald Trump's administration.
The Department of Justice revenge a suit against nan authorities complete nan issue.
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Former cheerleader Jordon Hudson arrives astatine Sports Illustrated's SI The Party astatine Mardi Gras World Feb. 8, 2025, successful New Orleans. (Skip Bolen/Getty Images)
Hudson is competing to correspond Maine sportfishing families aft her family's sportfishing business went bankrupt erstwhile she was a child.
"As nan girl of displaced fishermen, I attraction to usage my sound to protect nan fleeting contented and practice of Maine sportfishing families, to forestall others from going done nan aforesaid plight arsenic what excavation had to spell through," Hudson wrote on Instagram.
On Saturday afternoon, nan Maine online ballot page crashed, truthful updated results are unknown.
The astir caller leader successful nan online ballot earlier nan clang was University of Southern Maine student Lexi Bjork pinch complete 1,400 votes.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered nan Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.
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