HAPPY Chloe Challoner in a picture taken when she went to visit the Kings Theatre during the panto season before Christmas

SHE touched the lives of thousands who were drawn to her smile and zest for life.

But now the family of 10-year-old Chloe Challoner have been left devastated after she lost her fight against cancer.

Her death on Friday at her home in Rooksbury Croft, Havant, came weeks before she was due to fly to America.

There, she was to have an operation which parents Jamie Giblen and Beccie Challoner hoped would help her fight the rare cancer osteosarcoma.

The trip was to be paid for by £10,000 raised by supporters, including readers of The News.

Cash poured in from a gala night at Southsea’s Kings Theatre organised by former Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw, who was starring in panto there.

Now the money will be put to good use by Chloe’s family, who plan to divide it between charities that helped their daughter.