"[3][4] In 2013, Smith returned to television and MTV as host of The Real World: Portland on-air aftershows and the season's reunion show.
[5] Smith was a 21-year-old part-time student and nanny living in San Francisco when she decided on a whim to audition for MTV's long-running reality TV series, The Real World and Road Rules.
Although Mizanin attempted to disown the comments as merely those of his uncle, Smith and their other housemate, Malik Cooper, who are both black, were offended.
Much curiosity and speculation has arisen over Smith's relationship with Abram Boise from Road Rules: South Pacific during Battle of the Sexes 2.
And I think it was his ability to get in touch with his own kind, gentle side that allowed him to like me anyway, despite my big giant mouth and how bitchy I can be.
[8]However, Smith indicated in another interview that she and Boise were not involved in a romantic relationship, and that any appearance to that effect was engineered through the use of selective editing on the part of the show's producers in order to elicit ratings.
[3][4] In 2013, Smith served as host of The Real World: Portland's on-air aftershows and the season's reunion show.
[5] Following her Challenge appearances, Smith moved to San Francisco,[10][11] where she worked as a freelance writer[10] and the host of an internet-based travel show.
[10][11] Smith was present at a gay pride event at Paramount's Great America amusement park in 2007, which prompted in interview with OUTlook magazine in which she explained that her sexual orientation was at that time "very cloudy" and she was "venturing toward my lesbian qualities.