Jordon Hudson attends the Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party Feb. 8 in New Orleans. Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Jordon Hudson, girlfriend of former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, announced she will compete for the title of Miss Maine USA.
Hudson, a 24-year-old entrepreneur from Hancock, announced Wednesday on Instagram that she will compete in the pageant as a representative of her hometown. She was the first runner-up in the 2024 pageant.
Hudson has been dating Belichick, now the head football coach at the University of North Carolina, for more than two years.
She frequently posts on Instagram about her love of Maine and support for the fishing industry. The daughter of a fisherman, she recently posted an open letter to the White House and President Donald Trump asking him to reconsider his decision to cut the federally funded Maine Sea Grant.
“This decision only amplified the uncertainty, anxiety and existential fears that already plague the fishermen of Maine,” she wrote. “It was the reckless regulatory decisions by government officials with no stake in those decisions that forced my 9th generation fishermen father out of this industry more than 15 years ago.”
The Trump administration later agreed to renegotiate funding for the $4.5 million award, which supports marine science research, workforce development and education across the state.
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