Corpus Christi’s City Council has approved an agreement to place a bronze statue of Farrah Fawcett along the city’s downtown seawall, honoring the actress’s hometown roots half a century after her red-swimsuit poster made her a household name.

Key Points

• The council authorized an agreement with the nonprofit Friends of Farrah Fawcett for a bronze sculpture near the Art Center of Corpus Christi
• The statue depicts Fawcett skateboarding, a nod to her “Charlie’s Angels” era, and stands about 7 feet tall
• Fawcett grew up in Corpus Christi and graduated from W.B. Ray High School
• Her 1976 swimsuit poster is regarded as the best-selling poster in history, with 12 million copies sold
• The poster was published by Pro Arts of Ohio and shot by photographer Bruce McBroom

The agreement, approved and reported on August 25, 2026, authorizes the Friends of Farrah Fawcett — a group described as her former classmates and friends — to install and maintain the sculpture along the seawall across from the Art Center of Corpus Christi, according to KRIS-TV’s reporting on the vote. The spot was chosen for its visibility, existing lighting and ADA-accessible parking, pending an engineering study, per the same report.

The bronze piece will measure roughly 7 feet tall and 5.5 feet wide on an 11-inch base, and depicts Fawcett skateboarding — a reference to a scene from her signature series “Charlie’s Angels,” KRIS-TV reports. The agreement runs for two years from final approval, with the Friends group covering installation and upkeep. Fawcett, born Feb. 2, 1947, graduated from Corpus Christi’s W.B. Ray High School before her career took off in Hollywood.

That career took off largely on the strength of one photograph. The 1976 poster, showing Fawcett in a red one-piece swimsuit against a striped Mexican blanket, was published by Pro Arts of Ohio and photographed by Bruce McBroom, according to the Poster House museum’s catalog record of the piece. The museum calls it the best-selling poster in history, with roughly 12 million copies sold, and notes its release coincided with the debut of “Charlie’s Angels” and Fawcett’s role in “Logan’s Run.”

The shoot itself was famously low-key. McBroom photographed Fawcett at her Los Angeles home with minimal crew, using his own Nikon and a serape from his truck as a backdrop, according to his account published in Time’s archives. Fawcett, who had creative control over the image, picked the final shot from three dozen frames, per the Poster House record — well before most of the country knew her name.

Half a century later, that same hometown is set to give her a permanent, three-dimensional monument on the water.