As a minority, is it out of the question to hope for representation?

[Ameela]

I dunno about that... I feel like Roes are much more recognizable considering just how rare a race like that is in well... everything, their also way less generic then cat girls which are EVERYWHERE now.

Roes are just bulky, there isn't anything about them that stands out aside from that and it's a trait shared by many races in a lot of MMOs.
Yes cat girls are everywhere, but what makes Miqo'te unique is that they're neither antropomorphic animals nor cutesy anime people with animal ears, they're kind of a mix of both blending the concept of the latter with the realism of the former and I think it makes Miqo'te stand out when compared to the same type of race in other MMOs.