I think it's important to note that the prettiest girls are not neccessarily the ones who emerge from the open stages (although it's certainly true about the 'piano girls') is usually the most 'waif-like' since that's what really sells today. Vulnerable looking kids writing about their failed relationships are way hip in that market at the moment. Alanis Morrisette really comes to mind. I know she's finito now, but boy, did she make a lot of money. Most of these ones were speaking about are Canadian, is there a connection?