Jaclyn Smith, 69, is 'reduced to tears' when asked about her late Charlie's Angels co-star Farrah Fawcett during cancer charity 

By HEIDI PARKER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 20:48, 10 September 2015 | UPDATED: 21:55, 10 September 2015

They worked together on and off for years on the 1970s hit crime caper TV series Charlie's Angels.

So it's been difficult for Jaclyn Smith to let go of her co-star Farrah Fawcett, who died from cancer at the age of 62 in 2009.

On Wednesday the 69-year-old Kmart designer was 'reduced to tears' as she gave a speech at the Farrah Fawcett Foundation Presents First Annual Tex-Mex Fiesta in Los Angeles when she was honored with the Shining Star Award, according to People.

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She came: Jaclyn Smith showed up to the Farrah Fawcett Foundation on Wednesday to honor her late friend

Sad: The 69-year-old Kmart designer was 'reduced to tears' as she gave a speech at the Fawcett Foundation Presents First Annual Tex-Mex Fiesta in Los Angeles when she was honored with the Shining Star Award, according to People

'It's really Farrah's honor,' said the brunette beauty at the event that also included Stand Up To Cancer.

'You know we're here for Farrah … she did this all in perhaps the worst time of her life.'

The Rage Of Angels actress was referring to how Farrah had only established her cancer in 2007. Two years later she died from anal cancer. 

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Timeless trio: 'It's really Farrah's honor,' said the brunette beauty at the event that also included Stand Up To Cancer; here Farrah is on the left and Jaclyn on the right with Kate Jackson in the middle

The show keeps going on: Reruns of Charlie's Angels keep appearing; here the three originals are seen with Cheryl Ladd (far right)

'She lived beyond herself and paved the way for research, testing, vaccinations,' added the TV vet.

'We make sure because we were there every step of the way when she was going through all this. She had the foresight to live beyond herself.'

When asked what was her favorite memory of the Texas pinup, Smith said 'so many' and teared up.

In 2014 Jaclyn talked to Oprah about her close bond with Farrah.

Close bond: 'She lived beyond herself and paved the way for research, testing, vaccinations,' added the TV vet about Fawcett, seen here in 1976

'That last six months [of her life] was a very close time for us,' she told Oprah during a Where Are They Now? show.

'To see someone fight a battle like that was beautiful.'

The last time she saw the Logan's Run star they had dinner and talked shoes.

'She wanted some high heels that I had, and I said, "I'll order them for you or you can have mine." [She responded], "No, you keep those and I want new ones." She was just funny. Farrah was funny!'

She also explained she did not go to Farrah's funeral because her own mother Margaret was sick. 

Choked up: The TV icon had a hard time talking about her late friend who she said was 'funny'

'This is sort of hard to talk about. I did get on the plane, but when I landed, I got a call that mom had a drawback and had been put on a respirator. So, I did not get to go to [Farrah's] funeral. But I think in my heart of hearts, I knew Farrah understood,' she said.

Seven weeks after Fawcett's death, Smith lost her mother.

Smith battled breast cancer in 2003. 'I went in for my yearly mammogram, thinking everything was going to be fine. I didn't feel a lump. They saw something suspicious, but said it didn't look like cancer. Then the biopsy results came back and they said, "Well, it's breast cancer,"' she said.

She added, 'I did a lumpectomy with radiation. But let me tell you something, if a mastectomy was what was called for, I would have had it like that. I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK.'

Her one and only man: Smith with husband Dr Brad Allen at the event

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• Jaclyn Smith On Farrah Fawcett's Legacy: She Lived Beyond Herself : People.com

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Sex siren, flapper, waif or bootylicious, how the shape of the ‘perfect’ body has changed over the last 100 years 

• Women were inspired by Charles Dana Gibson's illustrations in 1910
• Curves came into fashion in 1930s and 1940s 
• Kate Moss personified the Waif of 1990s
• Today, Kim Kardashian and Beyonce champion curves and a big bottom 

By BIANCA LONDON FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 13:25, 19 January 2015 | UPDATED: 15:57, 19 January 2015

Kim Kardashian's famous curves may adorn glossy magazine covers today but that would not have always been the case.

Rewind 100 years and the perfect female figure was an altogether different story.

Inspired by Greatist, FEMAIL has taken a look back over the past few generations to examine exactly how the female ideals have changed.

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FEMAIL has taken a look back over the past few generations to examine exactly how the female ideals have changed, beginning with the 1910s Gibson Girl ideal inspired by the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson'

From the Gibson Girl of the early 1900s to the Bootylicious Beyonce of today - via Heroin chic Kate Moss - just how much the most desired shape of the day has changed over the years may surprise you.

In 1910, it was all about the Gibson Girl look: the pouty, curvy woman who personified beauty portrayed by the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson.

Her physique was tall and slender but with a buxom bosom and large hips; essentially an 'S' shaped body achieved by wearing a super-cinched corset. 

By 1920, the flapper girl was well in fashion and a trim figure was all the rage 

The housewife did not need a personal trainer to keep the surplus pounds at bay. In a world before vacuum cleaners and washing machines, housework kept her - and her legs - trim for her short-hemmed dresses

By 1920, the flapper girl was well in fashion. Times were hard for the Twenties flapper girl. A quarter of a century before the creation of the egalitarian Welfare State, poverty meant many British adults and children never had enough to eat.

The housewife did not need a personal trainer to keep the surplus pounds at bay. In a world before vacuum cleaners and washing machines, housework kept her trim.

But while the majority of women had no problem keeping slim, it was the Twenties which saw the invention of dieting. 

Upper-class women who ate a richer diet and exercised less bought the new women's magazines which featured weight-loss diets designed to give you that fashionable, streamlined figure that worked so well with the iconic flapper dress.

Hemlines fell in 1930 and curves seeped their way back into fashion

With her curvier figure, Jean Harlow was the sex symbol of the 1930s

Hemlines fell in 1930, when morale was low following the stock market crash. Curves seeped their way back into fashion and women dared to bare their shoulders. 

This slightly more voluptuous look was embraced by the media, which lead nicely into the screen queen era of the 1940s. 

The Forties woman was one inch larger all round than the Flapper simply because she was better nourished. 

The Forties laid the foundation for women becoming taller as the Government decreed that every child was entitled to one-third of a pint of milk a day, so promoting the growth of strong bones. This continued in schools until Margaret Thatcher scrapped it in the 1970s. 

With their men off fighting, fashion changed in the Forties and the curvy feminine look to cheer returning heroes became the order of the day

Again, it was their highly energetic lifestyle that kept Forties women slim. There was no petrol for cars, and people cycled or walked for miles every day. Girls thought little of walking ten miles home after a Saturday night dance.

With their men off fighting, fashion changed. The curvy feminine look to cheer returning heroes became the order of the day, with fitted suits and belted flowery dresses to show off the waist, and the Flapper's flattening bodice giving way to the circle-stitched bra. 

Those ideals heightened in the Fifties, when weight gain tablets were promoted in magazines to help women fill out their curves.

In the Fifties, weight-gain tablets were promoted in magazines to help women fill out their curves

This was a stark contrast to the 1960s, which ushered in a more much gaunt figure popularised by supermodels such as Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton.

Dresses shrunk to suit the favoured petite frame and women craved smaller busts and tinier hips.

Many women embarked on diets to fulfill their goals and Weight Watchers was founded - and welcomed - in 1963.

Back came the curves in 1970 - the era of the long, lean dancing queen.

Farrah Fawcett was the poster girl of this decade and waspish frames were on their way out.

In the 1960s, dresses shrunk to suit the favoured petite frame as sported by Twiggy

The 1960s ushered in a more gaunt figure popularised by supermodels Twiggy, left, and Jean Shrimpton

Back came the curves in 1970 - the era of the long, lean dancing queen

The typical 70s look was embraced by (L-R) Kate Jackons, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith

By the time the Eighties came along, the British woman was well on the way to an irretrievable pear-shape, with her hips measuring two inches more than her bust. 

Women idolised the 'supermodels' of the era - including leggy Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelist.

It was, of course, in the Eighties that exercise classes became fashionable, with women looking to Jane Fonda in a bid to achieve lithe, muscular bodies. 

Alas, despite huge numbers of videos sold and classes attended, the inches continued to increase.

By the Eighties, the British woman was on the way to a healthy figure with Elle MacPherson being the ideal

Women idolised the 'supermodels' of the era in the Eightees - including leggy Elle MacPherson, who became widely known as 'The Body'

Then came the 1990s - and Kate Moss. The supermodel and pin-up of her time, became known as 'the waif' and she and fellow catwalk queens such as Jodie Kidd popularised the 'heroin chic' look, which was gaunt with hollow eyes.

The look, thankfully, came to an end thanks to Gisele Bundchen, who promoted a healthy lifestyle and washboard abs. 

Britney Spears also jumped on the bandwagon and shocked the world when she revealed she completes 600 sit-ups a day to achieve her toned tummy. 

The Nineties was the decade of 'the waif' popularised the 'heroin chic' look seen on Kate Moss

Then came the 1990s - and Kate Moss, left, and Jodie Kidd. The supermodels popularised the 'heroin chic' look, which was gaunt with hollow eyes

By the year 2000, the pearshape became even more marked, with the average waistsize having ballooned four inches in 20 years. 

The wasp-waisted Twenties woman would be shocked at the dimensions of today's Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj, who champion the bigger is better mantra.

By the millennium, women strived for an athletic figure like Britney Spears

Gisele Bundchen, left, and Britney Spears, right, promoted a healthy lifestyle and washboard abs in the 2000s

Today, the Facebook generation look to body icons such as curvy, big bottomed Kim Kardashian 

Today, it's all about the big behind, as championed by Kim Kardashian, left, and Nicki Minaj, right

Incredible timelapse: 100 years of beauty in just one minute!

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• See How Much the "Perfect" Female Body Has Changed in 100 Years (It's Crazy!) | Greatist

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