Who is Hanna Marin from Heartless and what is their importance?

Hanna Marin has an eating disorder. Typically, she overeats. When she first meets Alison, Hanna is overweight. Hanna is also ex best friends with a girl named Mona. Mona impersonates A via text messages to try to convince the girls who Ali's real killer is.

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