Patricia Annette Southall (born 1971) is a former beauty queen from Chesapeake, Virginia. Southall, a James Madison University journalism graduate, won the Miss Virginia USA crown in late 1993. Representing Virginia in the Miss USA 1994 pageant, Southall placed first runner-up to Lu Parker of South Carolina. Southall was married to actor-comedian Martin Lawrence from 1995 to 1996, during which time they had a daughter, Jasmin Page Lawrence. She and Lawrence met in the summer of 1992, while she was working in Gov. L. Douglas Wilder`s media office. Lawrence was appearing in Richmond at a Def Comedy Jam concert. Following her divorce from Lawrence, she later married football star Emmitt Smith on April 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.

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