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Elizabeth Smart on 'terrifying' bodybuilding debut, is 'proud' of journey
May 4, 2026, 12:18 p.m. ETElizabeth Smart shed some light on her bodybuilding journey in a new interview with CBS News, calling it "terrifying" but also gratifying.The former child abduction survivor revealed in an Instagram photo posted Tuesday, April 21, that she has begun competing in bodybuilding competitions.Smart acknowledged the shocking transformation in her caption."When I posted the pictures in my story of me standing on stage in a bikini it probably shocked many of you, and I understand the shock because had you asked me if I would ever compete in a bodybuilding show a couple of years ago I would have said, 'absolutely not! Never in 100 years!'" Smart, 38, wrote.Smart told "CBS Mornings" host Gayle King on May 4 she'd been training for marathons for awhile when her knees began to bother her. A trainer (and current coach) reached out to her and asked her if she'd be interested in working out together again, and Smart said she was looking for a goal to help motivate her. She told her coach she wanted to try body building."It was terrifying," Smart added of standing in a bikini at her first bodybuilding competition. "It was absolutely terrifying." Her modest
Elizabeth Smart on "terrifying" first body building competition and her liberating journey
Elizabeth Smart is opening up about a new chapter in life, body building. Smart, who was abducted as a teen, described her first competition as "terrifying" and said she "was shaking," but added she now feels liberated and competing is "a celebration" of her body.
Elizabeth Smart says her first body building competition was terrifying, but now she feels liberated
By Updated on: May 4, 2026 / 10:07 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Elizabeth Smart, who survived abduction and sexual abuse as a teenager and went on to become a child safety advocate, said her first body building competition was terrifying as she stood on stage in a bikini, but that she now feels liberated."I grew up always just being so modest. I don't think I wore a bikini until I was on my honeymoon," Smart told "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King on Monday. "So stepping up on stage in a bikini felt like the most vulnerable thing I could possibly do. I was shaking."Smart recently posted a photo of herself in a body building competition, where she placed first in her category. She said it was her fourth competition and that revealing her participation in the shows probably shocked many of her followers. She said on Monday she feels "almost liberated to a degree, because I think for so long I wanted to be taken seriously, I wanted whatever I had to say [to] matter, I wanted to feel like I was respected.""And I also feel like through doing this and putting this post
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