Biological male to compete against Bill Belichick’s girlfriend in Miss Maine USA beauty pageant 

Former NFL coach Bill Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend is facing off against a man in this year’s Miss Maine USA contest.

Isabelle St. Cyr, also 24, is a transgender-identifying male from rural central Maine who will become the first male to compete in the pageant, held May 10-11 in Portland, WMTW reports.

“I think it’s really important to shine a light on trans women living their lives and living them very unapologetically in small towns and rural communities, because we exist everywhere,” St. Cyr told the station. “I always wanted to be a mom. I knew I always wanted to be the feminine role in life.” 

Feminine or not, he will face competition from Jordon Hudson, Belichick’s girlfriend, who will compete for the second straight year. The couple has made headlines due to Belichick’s high profile in professional sports and the multi-decade age difference between the two. 

Notably, Hudson has publicly expressed support for Republican figures, including President Donald Trump, who owned the Miss Universe organization from 1996 to 2015, when it allowed a transgender-identifying contestant to compete in Canada. At the time, in 2012, Trump cited Canadian law as the reason for a reversal in policy. 

The winner of the Maine event will compete in the Miss USA pageant, which is a precursor to the Miss Universe pageant. 

However, in his second presidential term, Trump has cracked down on radical gender ideology, especially as it relates to discrimination and unfairness in girls’ and women’s competitions. 

St. Cyr attacked the Trump administration in a TV news interview about the competition. 

“It’s terrifying,” he told WMTW. “It feels like kind of shooting really low because we are less than 1% of the population. So to be making all of these rules and laws and coming after, you know, the couple of trans people that we have in our communities really is quite sad.” 

The president has explained his stance as common sense and aimed at protecting the safety and rights of girls and women.