Mara Carpenter took to Instagram to clarify that she "loved all of the contestants" at the statewide event, which also featured Bill Belichick's girlfriendMiss Maine USA runner-up Mara Carpenter called out the media for reaching out to her for comments about her fellow contestants on Monday,

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