The increased focus on this past weekend’s Miss Maine pageant apparently did not turn its most well-known contestants into enemies.

I’m hoping that anybody who’s watching this finds the strength to push through whatever it is that they’re going through,” the 24-year-old said in part of the pageant

After placing third at Miss Maine USA, Jordon Hudson, 24, was seen holding hands with boyfriend Bill Belichick, 73, as they left the pageant together.