Jordon Hudson falls short at Miss Maine USA pageant as she appears to send message to haters

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Jordon Hudson came up just short in the Miss Maine USA pageant on Sunday, finishing in third place in the competition with her boyfriend Bill Belichick reportedly looking on in the crowd.

The 24-year-old, representing Hancock, surged to the final day of the competition over the weekend. She was named one of the top-10 finalists on Saturday. She won the "style" portion of the event and, on Sunday, positioned herself to be within the final five competitors.

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Jordon Hudson (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)

She participated in the interview portion of the event and appeared to take a shot at detractors amid a turbulent few weeks after the disastrous CBS interview in which she shut down a question to Belichick on how the two met.

Hudson was asked how she was doing before launching into her answer.

"I’m feeling an immense amount of pride right now," she said via Mass Live. "I hope anyone who’s watching this finds the strength to push through whatever it is that they’re going through and embodies that hate never wins."

When asked what moment in life she would want to go back to, Hudson said she wished she could be transported back to her family’s fishing boat.

Jordon Hudson (Skip Bolen/Getty Images)

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"I think about this often because there’s a mass exodus for fishermen occurring in the rural areas of Maine, and I don’t want to see more fishermen leave this place," she said. "As your next Miss Maine USA, I would make a point to go to