Elizabeth Smart<\/strong><\/a> has opened up about her decision to enter bodybuilding competitions<\/a>, which require her to be up on stage in a bikini.<\/p>\n Smart, 38, who was the victim of kidnapping and sexual assault when she was 14, shocked the world with a Tuesday, April 21 post on Instagram<\/a> where she revealed she began bodybuilding and showed a photo from a competition that she ultimately won.<\/p>\n Speaking on CBS This Morning<\/em><\/a> on Monday, May 4, Smart explained how difficult it was for her to share her new fitness hobby with the world.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was terrifying, it was absolutely terrifying,\u201d she told host Gayle King<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI grew up so modest. I don\u2019t think I wore a bikini until I was on my honeymoon. So, stepping up on stage in a bikini felt like the most vulnerable thing I could do. I was shaking.\u201d<\/p>\n After she was found nine months after her kidnapping<\/a>, Smart went on to become an advocate for sexual abuse and missing children. She explained that she ultimately decided to show off her bodybuilding in an effort to remove certain stigmas victims feel after similar traumatic incidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n