On Thursday morning, she donned her official sash and crown and hit the parade route with her sister, Ashley.
Looking the part of Miss Congeniality, she signed autographs and flashed a winning smile while her sister asked a parade official which float Miss New York was supposed to ride.
A man with a clipboard pointed them to Float No. 9, where Miss USA was ruling the roost atop the "Pep Rally" float.
There was no lying, because that's bad karma," Reeves said.
"At first, it was just fantastic!" said Reeves, who swanned onto the float as if she belonged there. Fakih "was surprised but happy to see me."
But with the hometown crowd cheering the local beauty a bit too loudly, Reeves wore out her welcome with Fakih's handlers.
"Someone asked me to take off my crown, because Miss USA wasn't wearing her crown," said Reeves, who willingly stuffed her tiara into a backpack.
But she didn't pack away her chutzpah. Still hamming it up, she was kicked to the back of the float five blocks later.
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