These past few months have been extremely tough for Jordon Hudson . Following her controversial CBS interview, intense media and public scrutiny have followed her every move. As past details resurfaced, new reports began circulating. Some even came with reports that with the help of her boyfriend, the UNC head coach, Bill Belichick, Jordon has amassed several high-profile properties and real estate. While the accuracy of these reports varies, the intense scrutiny was undoubtedly overwhelming and often scandalous. But all this time, her friend Melissa Sapini was there with her. And now? Both friends are celebrating a crucial milestone.

Both Jordon and her friend Melissa recently participated in a pageant competition in Massachusetts and Maine. Both were excited about it, and Jordon wanted both to win the respective titles. However, it didn’t happen; instead, she came 2nd runner up in the Miss Maine pageant, where Belichick accompanied her. Meanwhile, Mellisa Sapini claimed the crown in Massachusetts, an outcome that despite her own loss, left Jordon beaming with pride.

Jordon posted a photo of Melissa Sapini as she won Miss Massachusetts USA, congratulating her for the incredible feat. Hudson then described her bittersweet moment, how she lost the pageant, and showed a fake smile for the cameras. But when her friend Melissa’s name was called for the winner, the forced smile became an “involuntary” one.

“1st Runner-Up. Like a good loser, I mustered up the best fake smile I could. Minutes later, as the starry crown was placed over your perfect bun, my fake smile became an involuntary one. It felt like that unnecessarily emotional scene from Inside Out when Bing Bong whispers to himself, “take Riley to the moon” as Joy ascends on the rocket and he fades into obscurity. I had hoped the stars would align for us to share the titleholder experience, but I was happy that my friend was Universe-bound on her rocket,” wrote Hudson on her IG post.

Both friends share a deep bond and have been seen together on several occasions. For instance, recently, on January 5, we saw Sapini accompanying Hudson at UNC’s basketball game, and both posed with the UNC mascot Rameses. Moreover, last month, when the Miss Maine pageant ceremony happened, Sapini, too, accompanied Hudson to boost her morale and chatted up Belichick. But these moments weren’t always this jolly as Belichick’s old connection surfaced and threatened to take away Sapini’s pageant title.

Melissa Sapini won the pageant despite threats from Hudson’s past social controversy.

Recently, Jordon accompanied Melissa to a Nantucket party, which ultimately turned out to be organized by none other than Linda Holiday, Belichick’s ex-girlfriend. So, tensions started boiling over at the party with Hudson’s arrival, and Linda confronted Hudson to leave the party, which she said was for her daughters. The venue’s director, Alicia Carney, reported the incident and highlighted that “Ms. Holiday felt her presence inappropriate, since the event was widely advertised as a party headlined by her daughters.” However, what was initially a simple objection turned quickly into a confrontation.

Carney reported that Linda Holiday used “threatening body language” towards Hudson and which resulted in “escalated aggression.” But the anger that was directed towards Hudson soon turned on Melissa, too. According to reports, Linda Holiday threatened Melissa and ordered her to take Hudson away or else she might lose her pageant title, which she also won in 2024. The report stated that Linda said to Sapini, “she should think twice about who her friends are,” and also said that she “had many powerful friends in the pageant organization.”

Well, Linda Holiday, who lives in Nantucket, is also a former pageant winner, having been the runner-up in the Mrs. Arkansas pageant. But now that Melissa has finally won the 2025 title, Hudon sent out a scathing message on her IG post. “I know you will keep shining, metamorphosing and taking up space; even when others threaten you and insist that you don’t belong, e.g., the “Nantucket Socialites”…” wrote Jordon Hudson for her friend Melissa Sapini in the same IG post.