( CNN ) -- After an hours-long search on Wednesday , former model and celebrated restaurateur B. Smith has been found . The 65-year-old , who has Alzheimer 's disease , was last seen taking a jitney from New York to the Hamptons on Tuesday , reports CNN affliate WABC . When she did n't show up at her destination , Smith 's husband , Dan Gasby , reported her missing and asked the public for help . By Wednesday afternoon , Smith was found by her daughter at a restaurant in New York City , not far from a former residence , WABC reports . It appears that Smith got off the jitney at the wrong stop , and then returned to New York . Smith 's husband told the news station that his wife had never gotten lost before . The groundbreaking talent , who in 1976 became one of the first African-American women to land the cover of Mademoiselle magazine , opened up to CBS ' `` Sunday Morning '' in June about being diagnosed with Alzheimer 's . `` It feels like crying , '' Smith said of the diagnosis . `` Things like that make me very sad . '' Still , `` even with Alzheimer 's , I think that things are gon na work out , '' Smith continued . `` I 'm gon na do my best to make it work out for me , and for as many people that I can possibly help , too . '' In addition to modeling and acting , Smith built a restaurant and home entertaining empire . Smith has opened restaurants in New York and Washington , D.C. , authored cookbooks and released a line of home goods .
Former model B. Smith was reported missing Wednesday . She was later found in a Manhattan diner . Smith was a groundbreaking model . She recently opened up about having Alzheimer 's disease .