- Patricia Southall
Patricia Annette Southall (born
1971 ) is a former beauty queen fromChesapeake, Virginia .Southall, a
James Madison University journalism graduate, won theMiss Virginia USA crown in late 1993. RepresentingVirginia in theMiss USA 1994 pageant, Southall placed first runner-up toLu Parker of South Carolina. [cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF71A4C4159ED&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Mom's Death Inspired Miss USA contender|date=1994-02-13|accessdate=2007-02-22|first=Robert|last=Little|publisher=The Virginia Pilot]Southall was married to actor-comedian
Martin Lawrence from1995 to1996 , during which time they had a daughter, Jasmine Page Lawrence. She and Lawrence met in the summer of1992 , while she was working in Gov. L. Douglas Wilder's media office. Lawrence was appearing in Richmond at aDef Comedy Jam concert.Following her divorce from Lawrence, she later married football star
Emmitt Smith onApril 22 ,2000 . Their son, Emmitt IV, was born on Smith's 33rd birthday,May 15 ,2002 . She also has a stepdaughter, Regan, from Emmitt Smith's previous relationship.References
External links
* [http://www.missvirginiausa.com Miss Virginia USA official website]
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