Hillia

Hillia — Queen of the Rings — is a professional multi-hula hoop artist, educator, and performer who has captivated audiences nationwide with a show that is equal parts jaw-dropping technique, warm comedy, and full-audience participation. Based in the Pacific Northwest, she has taken her act from farmers’ market busking to television stages, major brand activations, and school assemblies across the country — all powered by a hoop she found at a yard sale and a YouTube search.

Beyond performing, Hillia is now a key part of the Hoopologie team, bringing her deep roots in the hoop community and her platform as a performer to the brand’s marketing. She embodies exactly what Hoopologie stands for: a love of flow that started simply, grew without limits, and never stopped spreading joy.

Hillia’s hoop journey began the way the best ones do: completely by accident. She spotted a kids’ toy hoop at a yard sale, bought it because it looked like fun, and went home to Google “hula hoop workout.” What came up changed everything.

“I was absolutely mesmerized by the beauty of hoop dance and knew I had to find a way to learn what I had seen.”

There were no instructors, no classes, and no community nearby in Ellensburg. So she taught herself — from YouTube tutorials, from webcam recordings in a small storage room in her apartment, from sheer obsession and repetition. She started performing at local farmers’ markets as a busker, gradually building the confidence and skill set that would eventually take her nationwide.

The hooping never stopped. And neither did she.

Hillia’s performances have taken her far beyond the farmers’ market where it all began. She has appeared on national television and worked alongside some of the world’s most recognisable brands — bringing hoop artistry into rooms where few flow artists have ever been invited.

“My goal is to travel and share hooping with as many people in as many places as possible.”

Hillia’s relationship with Hoopologie goes deeper than ambassador. She is now part of the Hoopologie marketing team — bringing her performer’s perspective, her community connections, and her organic enthusiasm for the craft into the brand’s storytelling.

It’s a natural fit. Hillia built her career on the same ethos that has always driven Hoopologie: the belief that hooping is for everyone, that community lifts everyone up, and that each person’s flow is unique and worth celebrating. She has spent years performing for audiences who had never seen a hoop act before — and leaving them wanting to try it themselves. That ability to inspire the uninitiated is exactly what great hoop marketing does.

“Each hooper has a completely different flow unique to them. Our community thrives when we lift one another up and grow with each other.”

Watch for Hillia across Hoopologie’s channels and content — she’s not just a face for the brand, she’s helping shape it.

• A yard-sale hoop & a YouTube search
• Pacific Northwest wide-open skies
• LED hoops after dark
• The 50-hoop Human Slinky
• Kids picking up a hoop for the first time
• Farmers’ markets & busking roots
• The Seaport Village Busker Festival
• Creative flow without judgment
• A community that lifts everyone up
• Pushing perceived limits