Elizabeth Smart's Inspiring Transformation Through Weightlifting Sparks Reactions

Elizabeth Smart was only 14-years-old when she was abducted at knifepoint from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, and sexually assaulted by a street preacher and his wife.

A year after her disappearance, Smart safely returned home. But the traumatizing wounds remained.

Since her horrifying experience, the now 38-year-old has become a child safety activist, has launched a program teaching women self-defense skills — and more recently shed light on the healing potential of weightlifting after she won first place at a bodybuilding competition in April.