Sigma Kappa’s Gabi Pervis is UCA’s 2022 Greek Goddess, winning overall in the pageant as well as the talent round. 

“It feels amazing to win the talent portion. We have worked long and hard for many hours practicing my talent round. I haven’t sang on stage since high school and it felt so nice doing it again for Greek Goddess,” Pervis said.

“Winning talent round overall just made it even better,” Pervis said. “It also feels amazing to be this year’s Greek Goddess. It makes me feel so thankful for the people around for always supporting me and pushing me to do things out of my comfort zone.”

While Pervis won both the talent round and overall, she was still surprised by the results due to the high quality of contestants in the pageant.

“I was definitely very surprised. All the girls that competed in it were so talented and talking to them backstage they were all so nice that I knew that the judges were going to have a tough time deciding,” Pervis said. 

Pervis is no newcomer when it comes to the Greek Goddess pageant as she has been attending them since high school.

“To win Greek Goddess means a lot to me. I used to come to these competitions in high school and knew I wanted to compete in them ever since then. To win it overall is a dream come true. I’m so thankful to Sigma Kappa for allowing me to do this and do a talent that I love,” Pervis said. 

Greek Goddess 2022 was presented by Sigma Nu fraternity and the event was hosted by sophomore Delta Zeta member Lily Moritz and junior Sigma Nu member Logan Whitten. The event included an introduction, talent round and ended with the formal round. 

“The event allows support for all the Greek organizations to come together in a friendly competition,” senior Sigma Nu member Paul Suskie said. 

Participants put in a lot of work to prepare for this event as many throw extravagant performances. 

“I put a lot of work before the actual event. We had numerous practices lasting until sometimes midnight but it was always a blast. I also made most of the costumes so there was a lot of time put into that,” Pervis said. 

Greek Goddess is not all rainbows and butterflies and just because one is running does not mean they find it easy.

“My least favorite part is definitely right before getting on stage. I was so nervous and the whole time I was convincing myself I was going to forget the words or mess up the dance,” Pervis said. “Once I got onto the stage, all my nervousness went away and I was having so much fun. Everyone in the crowd was so encouraging and it made the whole experience way less nerve-wracking.”

The Greek Goddess pageant is held every year, but presented by different Greek organizations. A pageant for fraternity men, known as Greek God, is held every year too.