{"id":43393,"date":"2025-05-12T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/43393\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T04:55:09","slug":"no-super-bowl-for-jordon-hudson-bill-belichick-after-third-place-miss-maine-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/43393\/","title":{"rendered":"No \u2018Super Bowl\u2019 for Jordon Hudson, Bill Belichick after third-place Miss Maine finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Maine \u2014 Is Jordon Hudson on her way to becoming the Buffalo Bills of beauty pageants?<\/p>\n

Perhaps that\u2019s too strong, but the 24-year-old girlfriend of the 73-year-old North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick has now logged consecutive close-but-no-cigar finishes on the runaway. And she\u2019s trending in the wrong direction. One year after emerging as \u201cfirst runner-up\u201d in the Miss Maine USA pageant, Hudson finished as second runner-up, or third place, this time around. The finals were held Sunday afternoon at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, with Shelby Ann Howell of Bangor named Miss Maine for 2025.<\/p>\n

But the day was not a total loss for Hudson. With Belichick again seated in the front row, as he was during the prelims Saturday night, Hudson received a sort of consolation prize by being named recipient of the \u201cmost stylish\u201d award.<\/p>\n

And she absolutely nailed her performance when five Miss Maine finalists participated in a brief question-and-answer session.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling an immense amount of pride right now,\u201d Hudson said after being introduced. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that anyone who\u2019s watching this finds the strength to push through whatever it is they\u2019re going through and embodies that hate never wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

And then came \u201cthe question,\u201d which Hudson randomly chose from an array of cards presented to her.<\/p>\n

The question: \u201cIf you could relive one moment in your life, what would it be and why?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson\u2019s answer: \u201cI would go back to the days where I was on my family\u2019s fishing boat in Hancock, Maine. And I think about this really often because there\u2019s a mass exodus of fishermen that\u2019s occurring in the rural areas of Maine, and I don\u2019t want to see more fishermen displaced. As your next Miss Maine USA, I would make it a point to go into the communities, to go to the legislature, to go into the government to advocate for these people so that they don\u2019t have to think about these memories as a past moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hudson hung around the room for a while after the pageant ended, talking with and hugging other contestants, but she was not available to the media. We don\u2019t know, then, if her remark that \u201chate never wins\u201d was in any way connected with the firestorm of criticism, tsk-tsking and snarky comments that have rained from the sky about her relationship with Belichick.<\/p>\n

Jordon Hudson sports sour look on her face after failing to win Miss Maine USA pageant in front of beau Bill Belichick https:\/\/t.co\/tvdjqPwvKD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zcZACq1uRw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) May 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

As for that question about if she could relive one moment in her life and what would it be and why, I\u2019m probably not the only person who instantly wondered if she\u2019d bring up Belichick\u2019s recent \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d interview with Tony Dokoupil. What a great opportunity it would have been for Hudson to put it out there she wishes she could relive that moment \u2014 only this time without interrupting the interview to say, \u201cWe\u2019re not talking about that,\u201d after Dokoupil asked Belichick how the coach and Hudson met.<\/p>\n

Right? Well, no. No way was Hudson going there. Nor should she have, not when the entire pageant seemed to be set up in such a way as to downplay Belichick\u2019s presence. (Other than one of the hosts referring to the upcoming Miss USA pageant as \u201cthe Super Bowl of all pageants\u201d during Saturday\u2019s preliminary round.)<\/p>\n

Besides, Hudson\u2019s stump speech about the Maine fishing industry was pretty good. Yes, it\u2019s a time-honored tradition for contestants in beauty pageants to deliver hopeful messages about doing good deeds and making the world a better place for all of us, and so on. But Hudson\u2019s response had a timely, grassroots ring to it. So give her credit for that.<\/p>\n

While being \u201csecond runner-up\u201d was a step back from last year\u2019s \u201cfirst runner-up\u201d status for Hudson, the difference may have been razor thin. As was later revealed by the hosts, the voters had a really hard time whittling 10 semifinalists to five finalists (out of 17 contestants). First, there was a four-way tie. And then two more ties. Insert your joke here about NFL tiebreakers, but, yes, Belichick\u2019s 2002 Patriots had a 9-7 record but lost a playoff spot to the 9-7 Jets because of the third tiebreaker: best won-loss percentage in common games.<\/p>\n

Did Hudson have a very tiny slip when she entered the stage during Sunday\u2019s evening gown competition? Or was it merely a dip? Whatever it was, did it cost her?<\/p>\n

Also not known is how Hudson will move ahead in the highly competitive beauty contest business. Will she or won\u2019t she be competing for Miss Maine USA in 2026?\u00a0 While we\u2019re at it, will she or won\u2019t she be part of the UNC football program in 2025?<\/p>\n

So many questions. However all this plays out, rest assured, it\u2019ll be very public. Their protestations notwithstanding, that\u2019s exactly the way Belichick and Hudson seem to want it.<\/p>\n

(Photo of Jordon Hudson speaking with contestants and attendees after the Miss Maine USA pageant: Steve Buckley \/ The Athletic)<\/p>\n