It's funny, I do play a Miqote but I quite loathe the 'cat' aesthetic. The whole cat-like emotes(i.e. balling their hands into 'paws') drive me nuts. But I tolerate all that because it's the lesser of all evils. There's things I hate about every race and it all came down to what I hated least, lol.

Midlanders, I hate their running animation and their emotes, too frilly. Highlanders look fantastic but I can't do with the power thighs. Elezen are the second least hated and I have ran as an Elezen for a time, I was even a dark elf and looked awesome, but I just couldn't get used to their proportions and how they looked in a lot of gear. Lalas were just immediate no, just no to everything, haha. Roes have great faces, but again, proportions; I just don't dig the bulk. It all came down to the Miqote's physique. I really do adore the slim, petite figure too much so I ran with the cat because running animations were nicer, and outside the 'cat' emotes they had decent other characteristics.