In 2012, the couple"s charitable organization, Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities, was among the people and organizations honored at the Trumpet Awards. In 2012, Women of Faith added Smith to the list of speakers for their Celebrate What Matters Tour.
The former beauty queen from Chesapeake, Virginia is a James Madison University journalism graduate who won the Mission Virginia United States of America crown in late 1993. Representing Virginia in the Mission United States of America 1994 pageant, Southall placed first runner-up to Lu Parker of South Carolina.
