About Miss Island Goddess
The Miss Island Goddess pageant has become a treasured tradition in our community. For over a decade, it has provided a space for Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders, as well as the broader LGBTQIA+ community, to showcase their talent, brilliance, and cultural pride. It is a gathering that celebrates our culture, our beauty, and our right to live fully and joyfully.
What makes Miss Island Goddess unique is that it is rooted in our community. It is imagined, led, and performed through a QTPI lens, and every part of the pageant carries our stories, our heritage, and our roots. Each year, it draws hundreds of people from across the state and beyond, creating a night where our people are seen, honored, and celebrated, and where joy itself becomes an act of resilience.
Miss Island Goddess is more than entertainment. It honors our ancestors, affirms who we are today, and builds a platform for generations to come. It stands as a reminder that our culture, our communities, and our stories will always shine.
About UTOPIA Washington
Founded in 2009, UTOPIA Washington was created to be a home for Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders, a space for those too often left out of other communities. Over the years, we’ve grown into a trusted place where people come for care, connection, and belonging.
Our mission is bold: to replace systems of oppression with ecosystems of care and safety through Black and Brown organizing, prioritizing land and bodily autonomy, and reclaiming our cultural narratives. We do this through our programs that empower youth, provide food and community care, deliver health services at our Mapu Maia Clinic, preserve cultural arts, and drive civic engagement through SPEaC Change initiative. Every program reflects our commitment to safety, care, and liberation.
Miss Island Goddess is an extension of that mission, a space where our community gathers to see itself celebrated on stage, in culture, and in each other. It’s not separate from our work; it's our work, made visible in joy.
