Jordon Hudson is shedding Miss Maine fan vote to trans competitor

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The 2025 Miss Maine pageant will characteristic Invoice Belichick's 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, trying to declare the crown after ending as runner-up final yr.

But when the early fan voting is any indication, Hudson could be in line for a decrease end.

The web vote, which permits the general public to vote for a favourite contestant for $1 per vote, confirmed Hudson manner behind for first place with simply over 220 votes on the time of publication. The mannequin who wins the net vote may also win the Folks’s Selection Award and an computerized entry into the pageant's semifinals.

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Invoice Belichick and Jordon Hudson on the 14th Annual NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre Feb. 6, 2025, in New Orleans. (Christopher Polk/Selection by way of Getty Photographs)

Forward of Hudson is Isabelle St. Cyr with over 440 votes on the time of publication. St. Cyr is the primary transgender mannequin to compete within the Miss Maine competitors in its historical past after beforehand successful the native Miss Monson USA pageant in the Maine town of Monson .

"After I began cheerleading I had all the percentages stacked in opposition to me," St. Cyr wrote in a March 25 Facebook post . "A lot pushback, so many individuals telling me it wasn't an area for me. However I fought for what I liked and I ended up being a really profitable cheerleader, successful state and nationwide titles and galvanizing individuals to affix even when they hadn't been doing it their entire life.

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"I sense an analogous trajectory in my ongoing journey with pageants. I imagine I've every thing it takes to be Miss Maine USA and I do know that no quantity of expertise can match a real ardour and drive to perform one thing."

Maine has been a battleground for the continued nationwide battle between blue state officers and the federal authorities over the problem of trans athletes in ladies's and women sports activities since February.

Gov. Janet Mills and training officers have taken a tough stand to allow trans inclusion amid immense federal strain by President Donald Trump's administration.

The Division of Justice filed a lawsuit in opposition to the state over the problem.

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Former cheerleader Jordon Hudson arrives at Sports activities Illustrated's SI The Celebration at Mardi Gras World Feb. 8, 2025, in New Orleans. (Skip Bolen/Getty Photographs)

Hudson is competing to symbolize Maine fishing households after her household's fishing enterprise went bankrupt when she was a baby.

"Because the daughter of displaced fishermen, I care to make use of my voice to guard the fleeting custom and heritage of Maine fishing households, to forestall others from going by means of the identical plight as what mine needed to undergo," Hudson wrote on Instagram.

On Saturday afternoon, the Maine on-line vote web page crashed, so up to date outcomes are unknown.

The latest chief within the on-line vote earlier than the crash was College of Southern Maine scholar Lexi Bjork with over 1,400 votes.

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