Jordon Hudson takes the stage at the Miss Maine Pageant Saturday, as Bill Belichick watches from audience
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Isabelle St. Cyr, who hails from Monson, Maine, made history Saturday as the first transgender woman to enter the pageant. The mother of one of the other contestants could be heard in the lobby afterward complaining that it 'wasn't fair' for St. Cyr to compete.
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Belichick, wearing a jacket and tie instead of the torn Navy sweatshirt he wore
Media were asked to leave the ballroom immediately after the competition to allow contestants to chat with friends and family before gathering for a 'pajama and pizza party' elsewhere in the hotel. The contest continues Sunday, when a winner will be crowned.
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Hudson, a former Bridgewater State cheerleader who has said she
Meanwhile, the University of North Carolina, where Belichick
that Hudson is banned from the football team's training facility. 'While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or Carolina athletics, she is welcome to the Carolina football facilities,' the school announced.
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