{"id":138645,"date":"2022-02-07T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/?p=138645"},"modified":"2023-05-27T00:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T23:05:25","slug":"patricia-southall-bio-meet-emmitt-smiths-wife-who-once-married-martin-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/us\/patricia-southall-bio-meet-emmitt-smiths-wife-who-once-married-martin-lawrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia Southall Bio: Meet Emmitt Smith\u2019s Wife Who Once Married Martin Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"
Patricia Southall is an American actress, a celebrity wife, and a social activist who founded Treasure You, a non-profit organization established primarily to help women in emotional, spiritual, or financial distress.<\/p>\n
The beautiful thespian is also a successful author and producer. Southall\u2019s successful outing in the Miss Virginia pageant contest in 1993, made her the first African-American to wear the coveted crown. Along with her successful modeling career, philanthropic activities, writing, and acting, Patricia is also well known to the media as the recently estranged wife of former NFL player and Dallas Cowboys running back, Emmitt Smith.<\/p>\n
Patricia Annette Southall was born on December 17, 1970, in Chesapeake Virginia, to an African-American couple, Henry and Mildred Southall. Her only known sibling is her sister, Pam Southall who is battling cancer. She holds American citizenship on account of her birth status while she is also ethnically an African-American.<\/p>\n
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