NATASCHA KRAKOLINIG
Miss World Western Australia
Natascha Krakolinig is Miss World Western Australia, an educator, learning support specialist, author, and animal welfare advocate whose work centres on prevention through education - addressing the root causes of neglect, surrender, and disengagement before crisis occurs.
With more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of education, community service, and animal welfare, Natascha has built a platform grounded in observation, empathy, and long-term impact. She challenges reactive approaches to both education and animal welfare, advocating instead for early intervention, structure, and accessible guidance as the foundation for sustainable change.
Raised around animals from a young age, Natascha developed a deep understanding of care, responsibility, and empathy. This perspective became deeply personal when one of her own dogs was seriously injured in a preventable incident. Witnessing the consequences of limited education and support sharpened her focus on prevention — reinforcing her belief that most harm occurs not through malice, but through gaps in knowledge and understanding.
Natascha’s advocacy is informed by her own lived experience within the education system. As a child, she navigated school with a speech impediment alongside auditory and visual processing challenges. These experiences shaped her resilience and problem-solving skills, while instilling a strong belief in the power of adapted teaching strategies. Today, she applies this understanding in her professional work, ensuring children with diverse learning needs are supported, understood, and empowered to succeed.
Professionally, Natascha is a primary school teacher and boarding house mother at an all-girls school, where she prioritises routine, emotional regulation, and achievable learning goals. Her work focuses on building confidence, accountability, and self-regulation - recognising that behaviour is often a response to unmet needs rather than intentional disruption.
Alongside her work in education, Natascha is actively involved in animal welfare. She volunteers with dog shelters across Western Australia, leads independent donation drives, and founded Next on the Lead, an education-driven initiative supporting rescue organisations in Australia and overseas. Through this work, she addresses one of the most persistent challenges in animal welfare: the tendency to label animals as “difficult” rather than recognising behavioural issues as the result of insufficient guidance, training, or support.
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Natascha’s Beauty With A Purpose centres on preventing animal neglect and abandonment through education. Through school programs, community engagement, advocacy, and her children’s book, she teaches empathy, responsibility, and lifelong commitment. Her work actively amplifies rescue organisations both locally and internationally, including collaborative efforts between Australia and Indonesia, creating measurable, cross-border impact.
At the core of Natascha’s platform is a simple but powerful belief: education shapes behaviour. By equipping children, families, and communities with understanding, accountability, and compassion, harm can be prevented before it occurs - benefiting both people and animals.
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Looking ahead, Natascha is focused on expanding education-led animal welfare initiatives, securing strategic partnerships, and scaling impact through sustainable models. Beyond Miss World, she aims to lead a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to reducing pet surrender, strengthening rescue networks, and embedding compassion through education at home and abroad.