Thanks for the depth, DustRider :-)

I do see what the rest of you see, but like EClark said, I think it's a cultural thing.  For the most part I think European models often do come across as more 'delicate' than the models that come from America.  Not always, but I do think there's a notable difference there in general.

Compare the true American girls of Playboy to the true European girls on Met-Art, for example.  Comparing the statue girl to the girl on auction, I see a different type of figure, but I don't see any illness in it, or even frailty.  I do get how some might see her as frail, of course I do, but all I see is a female who's built like a female, and for me, women aren't meant to be hefty anyway.

Delicate and feminine suits a female.

There are women out there with muscles, hard-bodies, that sort of thing.  All of them are attractive in the right context I think, but the statue girl looks more every-day feminine than women with those sorts of bodies.

It would be interesting to see examples of what others see as "Statuesque", because personally, I would have been perfectly happy to create a figure like that, for vending, if I had set out to do a girl that is supposed to be statuesque.  To me she's a perfect example of that body type and I really can't picture what other people must see when they think of a statuesque woman, if she's not it.

Their vision must be very different from mine.