Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher on Modern Day Slavery

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher joined hundreds of celebrities, activists, and former victims of sex slavery at the 2009 Freedom Awards organized by Free the Slaves and the John Templeton Foundation on October 13 in Los Angeles. The couple presented former sex slave Sina Vann with an award. “The moment we were made aware of this issue, we realized we couldn’t live in a world where slavery existed,” Moore said.

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Jurassic Park actress Camilla Belle joins celebrities Moore and Kutcher at Wednesday’s award ceremony.

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From football to philanthropy. Former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith and his wife Pat at the Freedom Awards.

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Fifteen-year-old actress and Miss Teen Malibu 2008 Greer Grammer (daughter of Kelsey Grammer) hits the red carpet before the awards.

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The lovely Watchmen and Entourage star Carla Gugino.

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Former MTV Total Request Live host Quddus Philippe arrives at the Freedom Awards.

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Moore and Kutcher presented former sex slave Sina Vann with an award for her work freeing sex slaves. Moore recently launched the Demi and Ashton Foundation with Kutcher to help end sex slavery.

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Representatives of Shramajivee Mahila Samity (SMS) receive the Harriet Tubman Award. SMS workers go undercover posing as homeowners in search of maids in order to find sex-slave traffickers.

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Free the Slaves co-founder Jolene Smith speaks to the audience at the 2009 Freedom Awards.

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Veero receives the Frederick Douglass Award at the 2009 Freedom Awards. Veero bravely escaped imprisonment as an indentured servant and has gone on to help free 700 other slaves.

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