The
Soap Opera Digest Awards is an awards show held by the daytime television magazine
Soap Opera Digest. The awards were founded in 1984 to replace the less-lavish
Soapy Award; those awards shows had run since 1977. The
Soap Opera Digest Awards are meant to promote excellence in the
soap opera genre and are decided by the fans who read the magazine. The statue itself is currently made of crystal, and is in the shape of a heart.