Katrina Anne Johnson has thirteen dogs. Not adopted-on-a-whim, telegenic-puppy dogs — a mix of senior dogs, rescues from abuse and neglect, animals with special needs, one who gets around in a wheelchair. She’s a licensed pharmacist from Davao who spends her actual working hours dispensing precision, and outside of it, spends her time and money on the animals nobody else was going to take. That combination — clinical patience professionally, hard-earned patience personally — is the through-line of how she actually became a titleholder, and it’s a more interesting story than the one usually told about her. The short version most coverage runs with: Johnson won Binibining Pilipinas International 2025, becoming the first candidate from Davao to hold that specific crown, and she’s now bound for Miss International 2026 on Nov. 25 in Tokyo — one of six Filipinas carrying a national crown into an international final this year. The part that gets skipped is that this wasn’t her first attempt at the sash, and the version of her that lost the first time is …