Elizabeth Smart has expressed her disbelief at being nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work as a special correspondent on Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen.
The 30-year-old posted a picture of the notice to both her Instagram and Twitter pages saying: ‘Can’t believe this just happened,’ followed by a number of smiley faces.
The show is nominated in the Outstanding Special Class series at the 44th annual awards.
Special correspondent: Elizabeth Smart has expressed her disbelief at being nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work on Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen
Notice: The show is nominated in the Outstanding Special Class series at the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards
Victims: As part of Crime Watch Daily, Elizabeth met Cleveland House of Horrors victim Amanda Berry, two survivors who lived through hell
Interview: Elizabeth sat down with host Chris Hansen to talk about her own personal ordeal and how she helps other abduction victims
Elizabeth has been a special correspondent on the show for two seasons, during which time she was not only taken part in investigations, but sat down with host Chris Hansen to talk about her own personal ordeal and how she helps other abduction victims.
Last September, she spoke with fellow survivor Daisy Coleman about her 2002 abduction, saying: ‘I felt like it would be better to be dead than to continue living being a rape victim, being a rape survivor.
‘I felt in that moment if there had been an easy way out, I probably would have taken it.’
She also talked about the public’s perception of her after she was rescued.
‘It’s so ridiculous when you see anything on the news and some people’s first comments are questions like, “What was she wearing? What was she doing?”
‘It doesn’t matter. It literally doesn’t matter if you are dancing around naked completely drunk.
‘Nobody has the right to hurt you.’
In March 2017, she sat down with Cleveland House of Horrors victim Amanda Berry.
Teenager: Elizabeth was just 14 when she was abducted and subsequently raped and beaten daily. She was rescued 18 miles from her home nine months later
Abductor: Elizabeth was taken from her bedroom in 2002 at the age of 14 and held captive for 9 months by Brian David Mitchell, pictured, and his wife Wanda Barzee
Behind bars: Wanda Barzee was sentenced to fifteen years in federal prison for her role in the kidnapping and abduction while her husband was sentenced to life
Host: Crime Watch Daily premiered on September 14, 2015, and is currently hosted by veteran TV journalist Chris Hansen
Elizabeth was abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City at the age of 14 and held captive for 9 months by Brian David Mitchell and his wife Wanda Barzee.
She was rescued 18 miles from her home after bystanders recognized her kidnappers from America’s Most Wanted.
On October 1, 2009, she testified that she was raped daily, tied up and threatened with death if she attempted to escape.
Mitchell was eventually sentenced to life in prison while Barzee got 15 years.
Since Elizabeth’s rescue she has worked as an advocate for missing persons and is a child safety activist.
Her ordeal was the subject of a two-part A&E documentary called Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography, and a Lifetime movie called, I Am Elizabeth Smart.