Do you think or even agree that women such as Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith look much more naturally beautiful than the women now (i.e. "too plastic and hard")?

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/1052/cl8.jpg

From what I've gathered, by the mid/end of the seventies, people were starting to take up jogging and the public became more health conscious as that itself became fashionable - and perhaps the result was this crop of gorgeous women who looked less made up and more naturally beautiful and healthy than previous generations?

Being natural makes them more beautiful.

I actually think the full era 1960-80 was most flattering for actresses. I think it was fading in the late 70's, but Aaron Spelling always had a very good eye for who the camera would like.

Yes, he definitely had a good eye for beauty.